Lebanon dollar rate archive

What's in the archive

This archive keeps a daily record of the market dollar rate in Lebanon: the buy and sell rate as it stood each day, grouped by month. Pick a month to see its chart, or a day to see that day's values. It's useful when you need to know:

• what the rate was on the day you signed a rent contract, received a salary or paid an invoice;
• whether the lira has moved over the past weeks or held steady;
• how a past day's rate compares with today's before you settle an old debt in lira.

How the history is built

Each day's values come from the same cross-checked feed as the live rate: several independent sources compared every 30 minutes from 07:00 to 22:00 Beirut time, published only when they agree. Older days were filled from published records of past rates. Days with no reliable reading are left blank rather than guessed. See the methodology.

Reading the numbers

Since mid-2023 the market rate has held close to 89,500 lira per dollar, so recent months look nearly flat, with small daily moves of a few hundred lira between buy and sell. The archive also shows that the market rate is set by trading, not by decree, so it can move again.

These are indicative market values, not legal or bank rates. For an official rate (for taxes, customs or contracts that name Banque du Liban), see official vs market rate. For today's rate, go back to the dollar rate today.