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South African Rand to naira today — ZAR/NGN rate (29 September 2026)

1 South African Rand (R1 ZAR) is about ₦81.01 in Nigeria as of 29 September 2026, a mid-market reference rate — the figure a Nigerian cross-border trader uses to price goods settled in ZAR.

Mid-market reference
₦81.01
per R1 ZAR · live
South Africa
16.41
ZAR per US$1

Reference rate trend

A daily ZAR/NGN reference-rate chart appears here as Opaindex snapshots the mid-market rate each day. We only chart real sourced readings — never an invented line.
Source: Open Exchange Rates (open.er-api.com) · Confidence: medium · Last updated

South Africa is a major intra-African trade partner for Nigeria, so the ZAR/NGN rate feeds into cross-border pricing and remittances. See all naira rates, the currency converter, or the Naira hub.