Lesotho
Official central-bank rates · Updated 2d ago
⚠ This rate may be out of date. We haven’t been able to refresh Lesotho’s rate from its official source recently. Showing the most recent published rate, from 2026-07-09.
USD / ZAR
Mid-market reference rate. Not a quote for an actual transaction — banks and bureaux apply a spread.
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About Lesotho exchange rates
AfriRate republishes the official Lesotho exchange rates published by the South African Reserve Bank (sarb). Today, 1 USD is worth approximately 16.3523 ZAR. All rates are mid-market reference rates published by the central bank — we do not apply any spread.
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GET https://afrirate.statotec.com/api/v1/rates/latest?country=LSPopular pairs: USD/EUR · USD/ZAR · GBP/USD · GBP/ZAR · EUR/ZAR.
FAQ
+What is today's USD to ZAR rate for Lesotho?
The live USD/ZAR rate published by the South African Reserve Bank is shown above. We quote the rand rate because the Lesotho loti is pegged 1:1 to the rand, so 1 USD buys the same number of maloti as rand. SARB updates the rate each business day.
+Where do the Lesotho rates come from?
Directly from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). We mirror the official SARB rand reference rate exactly, with no spread applied, and republish it in the AfriRate REST API.
+Why does AfriRate show the rand rate for Lesotho instead of the loti?
The Lesotho loti (LSL, plural maloti) is pegged 1:1 to the South African rand, and the rand is also legal tender in Lesotho. Because the peg holds the two at parity, the official SARB USD/ZAR rate is also the USD/loti rate.
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