Changing RON to USD in Romania: the cheapest way, and what the rest cost you

RON → USD

The spread takes 0 RON at Libra Internet Bank.

Measured against 4.7658 RON 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.
Libra Internet Bank 0 RON read from www.librabank.ro
Transfer / account conversion
What the bank converts at when the money moves between accounts.
Raiffeisen Bank Romania 0 RON read from www.raiffeisen.ro
Pay by card
The rate your card issuer converts at, plus the fee it discloses.
Libra Internet Bank 0 RON 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 transfers rate

If you have to use a branch anyway, this is the order to try them in — 4 banks, cheapest first. The dearest takes 5.1% more than the cheapest.

BankBuys USDSells USDCosts you
Raiffeisen Bank Romania own board 4.4572 4.6373 0 RON
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.raiffeisen.ro.
EximBank / Banca Romaneasca own board 4.7115 4.8395 30.44 RON
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.eximbank.ro.
Libra Internet Bank own board 4.7200 4.8500 34.71 RON
Read from the board this bank publishes at www.librabank.ro.
Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) own board 4.6730 4.8780 45.99 RON
Read from the board this bank publishes at api.bcr.ro.
2026-08-31 2026-10-12 4.8880 4.5710
Cheapest (green), median (dashed) and dearest (red) selling rate on each day — 31 days on which at least two banks published, 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-12. This is why we can say who stays cheapest, not just who is cheapest today.

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Rates are RON per 1 USD; "costs you" is the part of your amount the spread absorbs, against 4.7658, 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 2026-10-12.