1 NZD to JMD | New Zealand Dollar to Jamaican Dollar

Learn how to get the best New Zealand Dollar exchange rate before exchanging your money

The New Zealand Dollar is the official New Zealand Dollar currency. NZD/JMD represents the value of New Zealand Dollar money in Jamaican Dollar money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from New Zealand Dollar to Jamaican Dollar is today at 91.932.

As an example, suppose you are from Kingston Jamaica and you travel to Wellington New Zealand. There, you need to get 1000 New Zealand Dollars ( $) at a Wellington bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 91.932 * 1000 = 91,932.046 Jamaican Dollars (J$). 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 New Zealand Dollars amount, the result of the money conversion is 93,770.687 JMD for a 2% margin or 94,690.007 JMD 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 9,193.205 JMD 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 NZD-JMD or NZDJMD among others. The currency symbol for New Zealand Dollar is ($) while the currency symbol for Jamaican Dollar is (J$). Note also that the New Zealand country code is NZL or NZ. The Jamaica country code is JAM or JM