Changing EUR to USD in Croatia: the cheapest way, and what the rest cost you

EUR → USD

The spread takes 0 EUR at Istarska kreditna banka Umag (IKB).

Measured against 0.8882 EUR per USD, the reference these banks price from.

Every figure is read from a bank's own published board, or derived from a margin it discloses — named in the evidence column, never inferred. We do not rank by any commercial relationship; the order below is the rate, and nothing else.

Which method costs least

This is the choice worth the most money, and the one most comparisons skip. Cash desks sit several points above card and transfer rates in every country we measure.

MethodCheapest hereCosts youHow we know
Buy banknotes at a branch
The bank's own banknote board — the widest spread of the three, everywhere we measure.
Istarska kreditna banka Umag (IKB) 0 EUR read from ikb.hr
Transfer / account conversion
What the bank converts at when the money moves between accounts.
Istarska kreditna banka Umag (IKB) 0 EUR read from ikb.hr
Pay by card
The rate your card issuer converts at, plus the fee it discloses.
Privredna banka Zagreb (PBZ, Intesa Sanpaolo) 0 EUR 0% disclosed fee, checked 2026-07-10

Cash withdrawals at an ATM are left out on purpose: they carry a per-withdrawal fee we do not collect, so listing them beside the others would flatter them.

Every bank's cash / banknotes rate

If you have to use a branch anyway, this is the order to try them in — 4 banks, cheapest first. The dearest takes 10.2% more than the cheapest.

BankBuys USDSells USDCosts you
Istarska kreditna banka Umag (IKB) own board 0.9046 0.8350 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at ikb.hr.
Hrvatska poštanska banka (HPB) own board 0.9241 0.8530 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.hpb.hr.
Erste & Steiermärkische Bank own board 0.9244 0.8533 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at local.erstebank.hr.
Addiko Bank own board 0.8547 0.9259 20.38 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.addiko.hr.
2026-08-24 2026-10-07 0.9259 0.8217
Cheapest (green), median (dashed) and dearest (red) selling rate on each day — 14 days on which at least two banks published, 2026-08-24 to 2026-10-07. This is why we can say who stays cheapest, not just who is cheapest today.

Every bank's transfers rate

If you have to use a branch anyway, this is the order to try them in — 5 banks, cheapest first. The dearest takes 8.8% more than the cheapest.

BankBuys USDSells USDCosts you
Istarska kreditna banka Umag (IKB) own board 0.8999 0.8391 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at ikb.hr.
Zagrebačka banka (UniCredit) own board 0.9244 0.8533 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.zaba.hr.
Hrvatska poštanska banka (HPB) own board 0.9148 0.8615 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.hpb.hr.
Erste & Steiermärkische Bank own board 0.9142 0.8622 0 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at local.erstebank.hr.
Addiko Bank own board 0.8619 0.9173 15.85 EUR
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.addiko.hr.
2026-08-24 2026-10-07 0.9173 0.8252
Cheapest (green), median (dashed) and dearest (red) selling rate on each day — 16 days on which at least two banks published, 2026-08-24 to 2026-10-07. This is why we can say who stays cheapest, not just who is cheapest today.

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Rates are EUR per 1 USD; "costs you" is the part of your amount the spread absorbs, against 0.8882, the reference these banks price from. Collection began 2026-06-24. Indicative information for comparison, not financial advice. What each country's rates are officially anchored to is on the references page. Generated 2026-10-07.