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Convert US Dollar to UAE Dirham live

The real mid-market USD→AED rate — no bank markup, no hidden spread, updated every 60 seconds.

3,673.10 AED
1 USD = 3.6731 AED

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Send US Dollar to UAE Dirham

The dollar-to-dirham rate is the most-checked rate in the UAE — and the calmest, because it barely moves.

The dirham is pegged to the US dollar at 3.6725 by the Central Bank of the UAE, a rate in force since 1997. So USD→AED sits at almost exactly that number day after day — the flat line you see is the peg working, not missing data.

The peg also means the dirham travels with the dollar: when the US dollar strengthens or weakens against other currencies, the dirham moves with it. So the dirham’s rate against the euro, the rupee or the pound is really a US-dollar story.

Sources: Central Bank of the UAE · Federal Reserve

As of 4:29 PM GST, 1 USD = 3.6731 AED. 1 AED = 0.27225 USD. Mid-market rate — the converter above updates it every 60 seconds.

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USD to AED

100 USD367.31 AED
500 USD1,836.55 AED
1,000 USD3,673.10 AED
5,000 USD18,365.50 AED
10,000 USD36,731.00 AED

AED to USD

100 AED27.22 USD
500 AED136.12 USD
1,000 AED272.25 USD
5,000 AED1,361.25 USD
10,000 AED2,722.50 USD

What it really costs to send

Because the dirham is fixed to the US dollar, this rate barely moves — so the gap between the mid-market rate and what you actually get is not rate movement at all: it is the margin a bank, card or exchange house adds on top of the mid-market rate, plus any fee. We don’t publish any single provider’s rate or promise a saving — compare the mid-market rate here against the all-in total your service quotes, fee included, to see that margin for what it is.

Rate history

The US dollar has held steady against the dirham over the past year.

7 dayslow 3.6729 2 Sep 2026high 3.6732 31 Aug 2026average 3.673
30 dayslow 3.6729 17 Aug 2026high 3.6734 7 Aug 2026average 3.673
52 weekslow 3.6723 1 Jun 2026high 3.6735 23 Mar 2026average 3.6729

The dirham is pegged to the US dollar at 3.6725.

Snapshot at 4:29 PM GST · mid-market · how we source this →