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I can never remember the site for the actual exchange rates, not the mid range. I saved some UK pounds from a trip in Aug. and see that
they have been gaining strength vis a vis the US$. Cheers, Beard or any of the other gurus should know.
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The actual website is http://www.banco-metropolitano.com.cu/ but it doesn't seem to be working at the moment.

You can look at the latest post here - https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g147270-i91-k4890889-Banco_Central_de_Cuba_Tipo_de_Cambio-Cuba.html

You can get pretty close if you take the mid-rate and adjust by 3%.

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Sometimes that Banco Metropolitano site comes up with an error message, something along the lines of "Ocurrió un Error con la Base de Datos."
I have found that if I just keep hitting the refresh button on my browser, the page eventually comes up, most times.

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When I tried yesterday, it wasn't even giving that message.

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Seems like more of a problem than I had imagined. The rates from 2011 would be right on if the euro was so high presently,
since I saved a bunch from the last trip to Europe.

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GBP LIBRA ESTERLINA 1.30329 1.37701
EUR EURO 1.15907 1.22463

£100 ------------> 130.33 CUC
€100 ------------> 115.91 CUC

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Thanks for that. Good to see the pound is giving the same amount of CUC as I paid for it in US$. last month. ($1.30 at an ATM in
London)
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Yes - the pound is now at a high compared to the USD since the Brecit vote.

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Cuban currencies(CUC & CUP) are stable. Very little change for many years. Talk of eliminating one of their currencies goes on, but nothing ever happens.

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Though in the 90s, the CUP-CUC rate plummeted. They got it back to 20:1 but it then slipped a bit.

I think there have been times when the black market rate gets out of sync.

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