500 BRL to LKR | Brazilian Reals to Sri Lanka Rupees

Learn how to get the best Brazilian Real exchange rate before exchanging your money

The Brazilian Real is the official Brazilian Real currency. BRL/LKR represents the value of Brazilian Real money in Sri Lanka Rupee money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Brazilian Real to Sri Lanka Rupee is today at 58.125.

As an example, suppose you are from Colombo Sri Lanka and you travel to Rio de Janeiro Brazil. There, you need to get 1000 Brazilian Reals ( R$) at a Rio de Janeiro bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 58.125 * 1000 = 58,124.801 Sri Lanka Rupees (₨). But, in practice, you will pay more (or perhaps much more) to get the same amount of your foreign currency due to the margin for the money conversion services costs like: commissions, credit card surcharges, ATM fees and other expenses. If, for example, you are using a credit card, this margin will typically be around 2 to 3 percent. We recommend that you choose the best place to make your money exchange because there can be a large difference between forex rates you will get.

In the example above for a 1000 Brazilian Reals amount, the result of the money conversion is 59,287.297 LKR for a 2% margin or 59,868.545 LKR for a 3% margin.

Some Internet based foreign currency exchange agencies add 10 percent or even more. So, if you make the same calculations above, there will be a difference of about 5,812.480 LKR depending on which forex bank or agency you choose to exchange your money. So, that's why we advise you to seek the best place to get the best fx rates for your upcoming money transfer/exchange. The only way to know what is the best exchange rate is to know what the current rate is. You can easily accomplish this by using periodically our currency converter above to get an idea of what forex rate to expect.

Note: If you use our currency converter, you only need to choose the amount of margin in its drop-down list and have an estimate of how much you will pay to get the desired amount.

By the way: there are some notations for this currency pair like BRL-LKR or BRLLKR among others. The currency symbol for Brazilian Real is (R$) while the currency symbol for Sri Lanka Rupee is (₨). Note also that the Brazil country code is BRA or BR. The Sri Lanka country code is LKA or LK