GBP to EUR Converter (British Pound to Euro)

Pounds sterling (GBP, £) are what a British household holds before a summer in Spain, a ski week in the Alps or a weekend in Dublin, and euros (EUR, €) are what they need once they get there. The euro is not used across the whole of Europe, so check each country on the route.

Reading this pair from the British side, the usual cases are holidaymakers, people buying or renting a home in France, Spain, Portugal or Italy, retirees who receive a UK pension abroad, and UK shoppers buying from a European shop. After Brexit, many Britons also use it for study, work and visits where they now deal with the euro area as a separate economic zone.

How to use this tool

1. Type an amount in GBP to see it in EUR, or type in the EUR box to convert the other way.
2. Read the rate line under the boxes: it shows the saved rate and its date.
3. Use the tables below for common amounts, or open the currency converter for any other currency.

Formula

EUR amount = GBP amount × rate

GBP amount = EUR amount ÷ rate

The rate is the value of 1 GBP in EUR from the snapshot of 2026-11-10. Both currencies are priced in US dollars in the same table, so the rate is the EUR per USD figure divided by the GBP per USD figure. A bank's buying and selling rates sit on either side of this mid-market figure.

Example

Two conversions at the saved rate:

500 GBP × 1.19841 = 599.2 EUR

120 EUR ÷ 1.19841 = 100.13 GBP

GBP to EUR table

Common amounts in GBP converted to EUR at the saved rate of 2026-11-10.

EUR to GBP table

The other direction, for amounts often quoted in EUR.

Spending euros from a British account

A UK debit or credit card works across the euro area, and some issuers charge a fee on each foreign payment or on cash withdrawals, so look at your card terms before you leave. If a shop or cash machine offers to bill you in pounds, decline: that offer is dynamic currency conversion and the merchant side supplies the rate.

Cash is still the norm in a few places, such as small markets and some rural restaurants, so withdraw a modest amount on arrival rather than buying a large stack at home.

Large sums and property purchases

Anyone taking 10,000 euro or more in cash into the EU has to declare it to customs, and the rule treats the notes and coins of other currencies as their euro value. For a property or other big payment, a bank transfer is the normal route, and the exchange rate is agreed with the bank or a transfer firm rather than taken from a public table.

Quick mental estimate

Multiply GBP by 1.2 for a rough EUR figure: 20 GBP → about 24 EUR. That factor is 0.13% above the saved rate.

Rates move every day, so recheck the rate line before you rely on a shortcut.