Central Bank of Sri Lanka Exchange Rates
Official foreign-exchange reference rates published by Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the central bank of Sri Lanka. Parfeed sources CBSL's 9 LKR 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
LKR
Currency pairs
9
Region
Asia-Pacific
Country
Sri Lanka
Currency pairs published by CBSL
Central Bank of Sri Lanka publishes official LKR reference rates for the 9 currency pairs below, last updated 2026-06-08. Live rate values are available through the API on a paid plan that includes CBSL — see pricing.
Rates are quoted directly — the price of one unit of each currency in LKR (1 foreign = X LKR).
Access CBSL rates via API
Pull Central Bank of Sri Lanka's rates programmatically from the Parfeed exchange rate API:
curl "https://api.parfeed.com/v1/rates?bank=CBSL" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY"
See the full API documentation. CBSL is available on Pro and higher.
Bank holidays 2026
17 non-publishing daysCentral Bank of Sri Lanka does not publish exchange rates on these days. Rates roll over to the previous business day.
New Year's Day
Thursday, Jan 1
Tamil Thai Pongal Day
Wednesday, Jan 14
National Day
Wednesday, Feb 4
Maha Sivarathri Day
Saturday, Mar 7
Good Friday
Friday, Apr 3
Sinhala & Tamil New Year
Monday, Apr 13
Labour Day
Friday, May 1
Milad-un-Nabi
nextTuesday, Aug 25
Deepavali
Sunday, Oct 25
Christmas Day
Friday, Dec 25
Vesak Full Moon Poya - 2 days
May
Poson Full Moon Poya
Jun
Esala Full Moon Poya
Jul
Nikini Full Moon Poya
Aug
Binara Full Moon Poya
Sep
Vap Full Moon Poya
Oct
Unduvap Full Moon Poya
Dec
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Browse all 95+ central banks, explore live rates, or read about the official source at www.cbsl.gov.lk.