The price of the dollar in Peru closes today at 3,616 soles, according to information from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). In addition, in the parallel (changing) market, the price of the dollar is 3,600 soles for purchase and 3,625 for sale.
On Monday, January 18, the exchange rate of yesterday, January 17, rose in the midst of a health crisis due to Coronavirus and economic recovery in the country.
The price of the dollar in Peru at closing. Photo: bcrpoficial / Twitter
Bank exchange rate
The price of the dollar in Peru is 3,615 soles for purchase and 3,621 soles for sale, at the windows of the main banks in the country.
Parallel exchange rate
In the informal market in Lima, today’s dollar exchange rate operates at 3,600 soles for buying and 3,625 soles for selling.
Dollar in Ocoña
The Ocoña dollar is listed as the lowest priced currency in central Lima. To be able to access the change you just have to approach Jiron Ocoña.
How to convert from dollars to soles?
To convert from dollars to soles, we show you a table with figures from $ 1 to $ 5,000.
| Dollars (USD) to Soles (PEN) |
|---|
| $ 5 = 18 soles |
| $ 10 = 35.99 soles |
| $ 50 = 179.95 soles |
| $ 100 = 359.90 soles |
| $ 500 = 1,799.50 soles |
| $ 1,000 = 3,599 soles |
| $ 5,000 = 17,995 soles |
How to convert soles to dollars?
Below is a table to convert soles to dollars from 1 sole to 5000 soles.
| Moles (PEN) to Dollars (USD) |
|---|
| 1 sole = $ 0.28 |
| 10 soles = $ 2.78 |
| 50 soles = $ 13.89 |
| 100 soles = $ 27.79 |
| 500 soles = $ 138.93 |
| 1,000 soles = $ 277.85 |
| 5,000 soles = $ 1,389.27 |
Last news
2020 was a year that hit the labor market hard; and one of the most affected groups was young people between 14 and 24 years old. In Metropolitan Lima alone, 3 out of 10 youth jobs in 2019 were lost in 2020.
And, according to the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), youth employment decreased by 30.2% last year compared to 2019, the most severe decrease compared to other age groups. This means that there were 251,500 fewer jobs for young people.