1 TTD to XAF | Trinidad and Tobago Dollar to CFA Franc

Learn how to get the best Trinidad and Tobago Dollar exchange rate before exchanging your money

The Trinidad and Tobago Dollar is the official Trinidad and Tobago Dollar currency. TTD/XAF represents the value of Trinidad and Tobago Dollar money in CFA Franc money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Trinidad and Tobago Dollar to CFA Franc is today at 89.993.

As an example, suppose you are from Bangui Central African Republic and you travel to Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago. There, you need to get 1000 Trinidad and Tobago Dollars ( TT$) at a Port-of-Spain bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 89.993 * 1000 = 89,992.725 CFA Francs (FCFA). 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 Trinidad and Tobago Dollars amount, the result of the money conversion is 91,792.579 XAF for a 2% margin or 92,692.507 XAF 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 8,999.272 XAF 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 TTD-XAF or TTDXAF among others. The currency symbol for Trinidad and Tobago Dollar is (TT$) while the currency symbol for CFA Franc is (FCFA). Note also that the Trinidad and Tobago country code is TTO or TT. The Central African Republic country code is CAF or CF