Bank comparison
| Bank | Bank buys | Bank sells | Spread | 1D | 60-day | Updated |
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Rates collected automatically from published bank rate sheets — indicative only. Confirm with the bank before transacting.
USD / ETB
Every pair, at a glance
Tap any row to load it into the chart above.
| Pair | Rate | 1D | 30D | 60-day trend |
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Bank explorer
Cross-rate matrix
Derived from live ETB market mids. Tap any cell to copy the conversion.
Popular ETB pairs
Best buy and sell across all banks, right now.
| Pair | Mid | Best buy | Best sell | Market spread | 30D | Alert |
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Currency converter
Quick reference
| Amount | Converts to |
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Quoted rates exclude bank commissions and cash-handling fees — confirm the final figure with your branch or the bureau counter.
Licensed FX bureaus
| Bureau | USD buy | USD sell | Spread | vs best bank |
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Cash rates collected automatically from bureau websites — indicative only. Tap a row for the full board.
Free today. Priced in the open, soon.
Everything on Birrwatch is currently free — all bank rates, the parallel-market reference, the public API, and email price alerts. Paid plans are coming for teams that need more; the free tier stays free.
Everything, free
Live rates from Ethiopia's banks and licensed bureaus, the parallel-market reference, daily history, the public JSON API, and email price alerts. No account needed.
- All bank & bureau rates, 6 currencies
- Parallel market (USDT/ETB) reference
- NBE official & customs reference rates
- Public JSON API — birrwatch.et/api/rates
- Email price alerts
- Web & mobile
For teams & developers
Higher API limits, longer history exports, team seats, and priority support — for importers, NGOs and fintechs wiring ETB into their systems. In design now; pricing will be published here first, in birr.
Questions, answered
Yes. The rates, the API, and alerts cost nothing and need no account. When paid plans arrive for heavier API use, the free tier stays free — we'd rather earn renewals than lock basics.
Yes — a free public JSON API. Fetch /api/rates for every collected bank, bureau and parallel-market quote, and /api/trends for daily history. Cache for at least 15 minutes, attribute "Rates via Birrwatch", and never present the data as NBE-official.
Tap the bell on any pair, choose a direction and target, and confirm by email. You'll hear from us only when your alert triggers — no marketing, ever. Alerts are checked each time we collect new rates.
We automatically collect the published daily rate sheets of Ethiopia's commercial banks and licensed FX bureaus, cross-checked against NBE's official reference and a parallel-market indicator.
When paid plans arrive — yes, that's the point. Telebirr, Chapa, and cards. Birrwatch is Ethiopian; it bills in birr.