Convert GBP to USD
Convert British Pounds to US Dollars at the mid-market rate.
GBP → USD
How GBP → USD pricing works
The mid-market rate is the midpoint between what buyers and sellers are currently paying for GBP against USD. It is the rate you see on Google or Reuters, and it is the only rate with no one's margin inside it.
When you spend or withdraw US Dollars on a card issued in GBP, the rate applied is rarely the mid-market one. Card networks add a conversion margin, issuers often add a foreign transaction fee on top, and accepting a merchant's offer to bill you in GBP — dynamic currency conversion — is almost always the most expensive option available.
The comparison above prices a GBP to USD conversion against the mid-market rate so you can see the margin rather than infer it.
Before you convert GBP to USD
Check the rate you are being offered against the mid-market rate for GBP/USD. The gap between the two is the margin, and it is charged whether or not a separate fee appears.
Then check the total: the US Dollars figure at the end, after every fee and the rate margin. Providers present costs differently, and the received amount is the only comparison that survives that.
Finally check how it arrives and when — the payout rail and the settlement time — because the cheapest quote is not always the one that lands in time.
Common questions
- What is the real GBP to USD exchange rate?
- The real rate is the mid-market rate — the midpoint of current buy and sell prices for GBP against USD, with no margin added. The calculator on this page quotes against that rate, so any difference you see between providers is margin.
- Why is my bank's GBP to USD rate worse?
- Banks typically apply a margin to the exchange rate rather than charging a visible conversion fee. You are paying for the conversion either way; on a bank transfer the cost is inside the rate, which makes it harder to compare against a provider that quotes the mid-market rate and a separate fee.
- How much US Dollars will I get for 1,000 GBP?
- It depends on the live rate and on what each provider adds to it. Enter the amount in the calculator above to see the current mid-market conversion from British Pounds to US Dollars alongside what the major providers would deliver on the same amount.