1 PKR to ZAR | Pakistan Rupee to Rand

Learn how to get the best Pakistan Rupee exchange rate before exchanging your money

The Pakistan Rupee is the official Pakistan Rupee currency. PKR/ZAR represents the value of Pakistan Rupee money in Rand money and it is called the 'exchange rate' or 'forex rate'. This exchange rate from Pakistan Rupee to Rand is today at 0.065.

As an example, suppose you are from Cape Town or Cape City South Africa and you travel to Islamabad Pakistan. There, you need to get 1000 Pakistan Rupees ( ₨) at a Islamabad bank to pay your hotel. In this case you would pay 0.065 * 1000 = 65.354 Rands (R). 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 Pakistan Rupees amount, the result of the money conversion is 66.662 ZAR for a 2% margin or 67.315 ZAR 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 6.535 ZAR 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 PKR-ZAR or PKRZAR among others. The currency symbol for Pakistan Rupee is (₨) while the currency symbol for Rand is (R). Note also that the Pakistan country code is PAK or PK. The South Africa country code is ZAF or ZA