1 SGD to IDR | Singapore Dollar to Rupiah

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

The Singapore Dollar is the official Singapore Dollar currency. SGD/IDR represents the value of Singapore Dollar money in Rupiah money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Singapore Dollar to Rupiah is today at 11,876.793.

As an example, suppose you are from Jakarta Indonesia and you travel to Singapore Singapore. There, you need to get 1000 Singapore Dollars ( $) at a Singapore bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 11,876.793 * 1000 = 11,876,793.193 Rupiahs (Rp). 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 Singapore Dollars amount, the result of the money conversion is 12,114,329.057 IDR for a 2% margin or 12,233,096.989 IDR 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 1,187,679.319 IDR 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 SGD-IDR or SGDIDR among others. The currency symbol for Singapore Dollar is ($) while the currency symbol for Rupiah is (Rp). Note also that the Singapore country code is SGP or SG. The Indonesia country code is IDN or ID