1 CLP to ARS | Chilean Peso to Argentine Peso

Learn how to get the best Chilean Peso exchange rate before exchanging your money

The Chilean Peso is the official Chilean Peso currency. CLP/ARS represents the value of Chilean Peso money in Argentine Peso money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Chilean Peso to Argentine Peso is today at 1.030.

As an example, suppose you are from Buenos Aires Argentina and you travel to Santiago Chile. There, you need to get 1000 Chilean Pesos ( $) at a Santiago bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 1.030 * 1000 = 1,030.361 Argentine Pesos ($). 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 Chilean Pesos amount, the result of the money conversion is 1,050.968 ARS for a 2% margin or 1,061.272 ARS 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 103.036 ARS 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 CLP-ARS or CLPARS among others. The currency symbol for Chilean Peso is ($) while the currency symbol for Argentine Peso is ($). Note also that the Chile country code is CHL or CL. The Argentina country code is ARG or AR