How much is 1 TRY in USD today?
At the last update (19:55 Tehran time) one Turkish lira is worth 0.0199 USD at the world rate, and one USD buys 50.14 TRY. Banks and international exchanges work from this rate; a cash exchange office adds its own margin, so its rate is usually a little worse.
TRY to USD conversion table
| Amount | World rate (USD) | Tehran market (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 TRY | 0.0199 | 0.0199 |
| 5 TRY | 0.0997 | 0.0996 |
| 10 TRY | 0.1995 | 0.1993 |
| 50 TRY | 0.9973 | 0.9964 |
| 100 TRY | 1.99 | 1.99 |
| 500 TRY | 9.97 | 9.96 |
| 1,000 TRY | 19.95 | 19.93 |
USD to TRY conversion table
| Amount | World rate (TRY) |
|---|---|
| 1 USD | 50.14 |
| 10 USD | 501.38 |
| 100 USD | 5,014 |
| 1,000 USD | 50,138 |
| 10,000 USD | 501,379 |
Tehran rate vs. world rate
For comparison, on Tehran's free market the Turkish lira trades at 5,289 Toman and the US dollar at 265,400 Toman, which makes a Tehran rate of 0.0199 USD, about the same as the world rate. The gap comes from supply and demand for each currency inside Iran: when travellers and traders chase the US dollar, it costs more in Tehran than abroad, and the other way round. For anyone moving money between the two countries, that gap is the real gain or loss of the exchange.
TRY/USD over the last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the TRY/USD world rate moved between 0.0199 and 0.0203, averaging 0.0201. The chart and the daily table on this page show the trend.
Exchanging lira in Turkey: what to check
Cash is usually cheaper to exchange at exchange offices (döviz bürosu) in busy shopping districts — in Istanbul, for example, around the Grand Bazaar — than at banks, airports and hotels, because their buy–sell gap is smaller. Before you exchange, compare the board with the world rate on this page: a gap of about one percent is normal; two or three percent or more is a reason to try the next office. When paying by card, choose to be charged in lira, not in your card's currency: with «dynamic currency conversion» the terminal uses its own, noticeably worse rate. The official reference of the day is the Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB) rate, though the cash market differs from it a little.
The US dollar on Iran's market
The dollar is the reference currency of Iran's market: gold, gold coins, USDT and nearly every other currency in Tehran are priced off the free-market dollar, so a move in the dollar shows up in all of them within minutes.
About the Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is bought for trips to Istanbul and Van, border trade, tuition and residence costs. High inflation in Turkey keeps weakening the lira against the dollar, which is why its Toman price can fall even on days the dollar stands still.
See the live Toman price of both on the Turkish lira rate and US dollar rate pages, and use the currency converter for any amount.