What is the dollar rate in Cotonou today?

The boards of exchangers in Cotonou are being added; the country-wide XOF index is published at https://empulse.ai/rates/XOF.

Where can I exchange dollars in Cotonou?

The table on this page lists exchange offices in Cotonou whose public boards the index reads, with their latest buy and sell rates; verified ones carry a badge and publish their own rates. Check the rate on the spot before exchanging.

What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?

The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in West Africa, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.

Where does the XOF street rate data come from?

The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.

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US dollar street rate in Cotonou, West Africa

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As of 2026-11-06, the street rate for the US dollar in West Africa is 536.3 XOF per USD according to the EMpulse Street FX Index; the boards of exchangers in Cotonou are being added.

Rates are XOF per 1 US dollar (USDT counted as 1 USD). The city median comes from the public boards of exchangers in Cotonou, shown as a client sees them: buy — you buy dollars, sell — you sell dollars; a board older than 3 days is not shown. The country-wide figure is the EMpulse Street FX Index.

Exchangers in Cotonou

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Exchange points in Cotonou: 55

Exchange offices and money-transfer points in Cotonou from open map data, nearest to the city centre first. Hours and phones are as published on the map; check on the spot before you go.

Exchanger	Address	Hours	Phone	km from centre	Source
FASTEL-GROUP	—	—	—	0.5	OpenStreetMap
Exchange International	—	—	—	0.7	OpenStreetMap
—	—	—	—	0.7	OpenStreetMap
Nanou Tendance	—	—	—	0.9	OpenStreetMap
Salem & fils	C/175 Avenu Steimez	—	—	0.9	OpenStreetMap
Ets Nec & Fils	R.5.129 177	—	—	1.1	OpenStreetMap
CG FINANCES PLUS	—	—	—	1.3	OpenStreetMap
Koudrath	—	—	—	1.3	OpenStreetMap
—	—	—	—	1.3	OpenStreetMap
—	—	—	—	1.3	OpenStreetMap
Western Union	—	—	—	1.5	OpenStreetMap
Bureau de Change	—	—	—	1.6	OpenStreetMap
Bureau de Change Forex	—	—	—	1.8	OpenStreetMap
La persévérance Bénin Sarl	—	—	—	2.0	OpenStreetMap
Point de Service MTN	—	—	—	2.2	OpenStreetMap
Wari	—	—	—	2.2	OpenStreetMap
Mobile Money	—	—	—	2.4	OpenStreetMap
NGCA Change	—	—	—	2.5	OpenStreetMap
Express Union Benin S.A.	Avenue du Canada 1305	—	—	2.8	OpenStreetMap
—	—	—	—	2.8	OpenStreetMap

All 55 exchange points in Cotonou →

Exchange points: map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License.

How it is computed

EMpulse Street FX Index: daily street exchange rates of emerging-market currencies against the US dollar (USDT) — the rate people actually pay, not the official one — built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources, with a confidence class and the number of sources on every figure.

The index of a day is one number: when both components publish the same day, their mean weighted by confidence; outlier days are kept but excluded from averages and changes; the current day is revised until 00:00 UTC. Full rules, fields and revision policy: methodology (PDF) · accuracy.

Questions

What is the dollar rate in Cotonou today?: The boards of exchangers in Cotonou are being added; the country-wide XOF index is published at https://empulse.ai/rates/XOF.
Where can I exchange dollars in Cotonou?: The table on this page lists exchange offices in Cotonou whose public boards the index reads, with their latest buy and sell rates; verified ones carry a badge and publish their own rates. Check the rate on the spot before exchanging.
What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?: The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in West Africa, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.
Where does the XOF street rate data come from?: The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.

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