1 BSD to LKR | Bahamian Dollar to Sri Lanka Rupee

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

The Bahamian Dollar is the official Bahamian Dollar currency. BSD/LKR represents the value of Bahamian Dollar money in Sri Lanka Rupee money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Bahamian Dollar to Sri Lanka Rupee is today at 299.084.

As an example, suppose you are from Colombo Sri Lanka and you travel to Nassau Bahamas. There, you need to get 1000 Bahamian Dollars ( $) at a Nassau bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 299.084 * 1000 = 299,083.608 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 Bahamian Dollars amount, the result of the money conversion is 305,065.280 LKR for a 2% margin or 308,056.116 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 29,908.361 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 BSD-LKR or BSDLKR among others. The currency symbol for Bahamian Dollar is ($) while the currency symbol for Sri Lanka Rupee is (₨). Note also that the Bahamas country code is BHS or BS. The Sri Lanka country code is LKA or LK