Dollar rate in Kenya today
The Central Bank of Kenya rate beside the open-market dollar, and what the spread a bank or bureau charges really costs on a real amount.
Today's dollar rate: CBK and open market
Rates of: 03.11.2026| Rate | Shillings per dollar | Against CBK | Against CBK, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank of Kenya | KSh 129.97 | KSh +0.00 | +0.00% |
| Open market (P2P), mid | KSh 129.50 | KSh -0.47 | -0.36% |
| Open market, buy side | KSh 129.60 | KSh -0.37 | -0.28% |
| Open market, sell side | KSh 129.39 | KSh -0.58 | -0.45% |
The official rate is the Central Bank of Kenya's weighted average of interbank spot trades for the latest trading day. The open-market rate is the median of credible Binance P2P advertisements for USDT in shillings; the gap is the open-market rate over the official rate.
A weighted average of interbank trades, published once per trading day.
What Binance P2P advertisers ask for a stablecoin paid through M-Pesa or bank transfer.
The shilling difference between the two, shown as a percentage of the CBK rate.
The pages that make the rate plain
CBK and open market
Today’s two dollar rates, with buy and sell sides explained.
02Day by day
How the rates and the gap moved over the last two weeks.
03What a hundred dollars costs
The same amount priced at each rate, and the difference in shillings.
04CBK rate explained
How the weighted average is built and why it is not a customer rate.
05Bureau and bank boards
How to read a board and spot a frozen quote.
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