Pound Sterling to Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate

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Pound sterling

The British pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the fourth most traded currency in the world. Unlike the majority of EU countries, the UK didn’t adopt the euro in 1999 and the pound continues to be an important currency benchmark for many nations.

-Currency:
+Pound sterling
-Currency symbol:
+£
-Subunit:
+penny
 Subunit symbol:
-Banknotes:
+£5, £10, £20, £50
-Coins:
+p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2

Sri Lanka rupee

The Sri Lankan rupee is the official currency of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island nation in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka is the second richest nation in Asia in terms of GDP per capita, and Ceylon tea is its biggest export.

-Currency:
+Sri Lanka rupee
-Currency symbol:
+රු, Rs,ரூ
-Subunit:
+cent
 Subunit symbol:
-Banknotes:
+රු.10, රු.20, රු.50, රු.100, රු.200, රු.500, රු.1,000, රු.2,000, රු.5,000
-Coins:
+c, 50c, රු.1, රු.2, රු.5, රු.10

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 years

	Feb 2010	Feb 2011	Feb 2012	Feb 2013	Feb 2014	Feb 2015	Feb 2016	Feb 2017	Feb 2018	Feb 2019
1 GBP =	176.5284 Inverse: 0.0057	179.8952 Inverse: 0.0056	186.7118 Inverse: 0.0054	193.9833 Inverse: 0.0052	218.0150 Inverse: 0.0046	204.4159 Inverse: 0.0049	207.4056 Inverse: 0.0048	188.0437 Inverse: 0.0053	217.8556 Inverse: 0.0046	234.6134 Inverse: 0.0043

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 months

	Apr 2019	May 2019	Jun 2019	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020
1 GBP =	225.6798 Inverse: 0.0044	224.2518 Inverse: 0.0045	225.0973 Inverse: 0.0044	218.9756 Inverse: 0.0046	219.9126 Inverse: 0.0045	225.8842 Inverse: 0.0044	235.8042 Inverse: 0.0042	231.7426 Inverse: 0.0043	235.3988 Inverse: 0.0042	235.7234 Inverse: 0.0042

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 days

	Feb 12	Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 15	Feb 16	Feb 17	Feb 18	Feb 19	Feb 20	Feb 21
1 GBP =	235.1220 Inverse: 0.0043	236.7531 Inverse: 0.0042	236.7494 Inverse: 0.0042	236.7494 Inverse: 0.0042	236.8293 Inverse: 0.0042	236.1540 Inverse: 0.0042	236.1439 Inverse: 0.0042	235.2108 Inverse: 0.0043	234.0160 Inverse: 0.0043	235.5284 Inverse: 0.0042

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Market rate for common transfer amounts GBP to LKR

Pound sterling (GBP)	Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
£1	0
£100	0
£500	0
£1000	0
£1500	0
£2500	0
£5000	0

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Pound Sterling to Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate

Historical rate chart of GBP and LKR

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 years

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 months

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 days

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Pound Sterling to Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate

Historical rate chart of GBP and LKR

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 years

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 months

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 days

Send money from UK to Sri Lanka

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Market rate for common transfer amounts GBP to LKR

Exchange rates from GBP to other currencies

Shirley Liu

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