Banco Central do Brasil Exchange Rates
Official foreign-exchange reference rates published by Banco Central do Brasil, the central bank of Brazil. Parfeed sources BCB's 10 BRL currency pairs directly from the bank and delivers them through one clean REST API — updated every business day, traceable to the official source.
Home currency
BRL
Currency pairs
10
Region
Americas
Country
Brazil
Currency pairs published by BCB
Banco Central do Brasil publishes official BRL reference rates for the 10 currency pairs below, last updated 2026-06-08. Live rate values are available through the API on a paid plan that includes BCB — see pricing.
This bank uses a mix: 7 pairs quoted directly (1 foreign = X BRL) and 3 quoted indirectly (1 BRL = X foreign), tagged indirect below.
Access BCB rates via API
Pull Banco Central do Brasil's rates programmatically from the Parfeed exchange rate API:
curl "https://api.parfeed.com/v1/rates?bank=BCB" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY"
See the full API documentation. BCB is available on Pro and higher.
Bank holidays 2026
12 non-publishing daysBanco Central do Brasil does not publish exchange rates on these days. Rates roll over to the previous business day.
New Year's Day
Thursday, Jan 1
Carnival - 2 days
Tuesday, Feb 17
Good Friday
Friday, Apr 3
Tiradentes
Tuesday, Apr 21
Labour Day
Friday, May 1
Corpus Christi
Thursday, Jun 4
Independence Day
nextMonday, Sep 7
Our Lady of Aparecida
Monday, Oct 12
All Souls' Day
Monday, Nov 2
Republic Day
Sunday, Nov 15
Day of Black Awareness
Friday, Nov 20
Christmas Day
Friday, Dec 25
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