GBP/JPY exchange rate history (British Pound to Japanese Yen)

Japanese Yen per 1 British Pound, calculated from the ECB euro reference rates. Latest: 209.25 JPY on Oct 5, 2026. Below: the last 12 months day by day, monthly averages since 1999, and average, high and low for every year.

Reference rates of October 5, 2026 · Last updated: Oct 6, 2026 08:54 UTC

Latest (Oct 5, 2026)209.25

1 day+0.53%

1 month−1.02%

1 year+5.61%

Since 1 January−0.81%

Last 12 months

12-month high: 219.14 (Jul 16, 2026) · 12-month low: 198.14 (Oct 3, 2025)

Long-term trend: monthly averages since 1999

Monthly average, high and low (last 24 months)

Month	Average	High	Low
Oct 2026	208.82	209.25	208.14
Sep 2026	209.81	216.72	207.91
Aug 2026	215.06	217.07	211.05
Jul 2026	217.28	219.14	215.01
Jun 2026	214.32	215.29	212.79
May 2026	213.38	214.53	211.79
Apr 2026	214.20	216.06	210.81
Mar 2026	211.70	212.90	209.91
Feb 2026	210.79	214.89	207.33
Jan 2026	211.84	213.93	210.40
Dec 2025	208.57	211.36	205.38
Nov 2025	203.78	206.89	200.53
Oct 2025	202.12	204.74	197.83
Sep 2025	199.72	200.74	198.92
Aug 2025	198.54	199.86	195.83
Jul 2025	198.37	199.79	196.44
Jun 2025	195.95	198.43	193.22
May 2025	193.42	195.82	190.86
Apr 2025	189.37	193.18	184.66
Mar 2025	192.55	195.11	189.04
Feb 2025	190.30	192.96	188.42
Jan 2025	192.98	197.62	189.73
Dec 2024	194.54	198.40	189.24
Nov 2024	195.77	199.21	190.66

Yearly average, high and low

Year	Average	High	Low	First → last day
2026 (to Oct 5, 2026)	213.12	219.14	207.33	210.96 → 209.25 (−0.8%)
2025	197.21	211.36	184.66	194.95 → 210.97 (+8.2%)
2024	193.56	208.04	179.68	179.68 → 196.65 (+9.4%)
2023	174.84	188.10	156.52	157.53 → 179.89 (+14.2%)
2022	161.82	171.17	151.51	155.18 → 158.59 (+2.2%)
2021	151.14	157.96	139.76	140.44 → 155.16 (+10.5%)
2020	137.00	144.84	127.58	143.53 → 140.70 (−2.0%)
2019	139.10	148.14	127.07	137.84 → 143.32 (+4.0%)
2018	147.41	156.20	140.02	152.16 → 140.69 (−7.5%)
2017	144.51	152.65	136.86	144.37 → 152.17 (+5.4%)
2016	147.41	175.83	126.47	175.83 → 144.13 (−18.0%)
2015	185.12	195.35	175.52	186.17 → 178.58 (−4.1%)
2014	174.12	189.23	164.36	173.65 → 186.46 (+7.4%)
2013	152.72	173.59	138.95	141.74 → 173.59 (+22.5%)
2012	126.39	139.21	117.53	119.17 → 139.21 (+16.8%)
2011	127.83	139.40	117.29	126.20 → 119.96 (−4.9%)
2010	135.43	149.90	125.83	149.90 → 126.23 (−15.8%)
2009	146.46	162.21	121.07	131.78 → 149.94 (+13.8%)
2008	192.49	221.00	130.77	221.00 → 132.43 (−40.1%)
2007	235.72	250.61	221.24	234.24 → 224.90 (−4.0%)
2006	214.26	233.70	200.85	203.29 → 233.70 (+15.0%)
2005	200.15	212.78	189.90	196.31 → 202.68 (+3.2%)
2004	198.13	207.55	190.39	190.97 → 198.07 (+3.7%)
2003	189.28	199.12	180.05	190.80 → 191.62 (+0.4%)
2002	187.77	196.70	179.70	190.88 → 191.22 (+0.2%)
2001	174.78	190.31	166.07	171.43 → 189.53 (+10.6%)
2000	163.19	178.95	148.98	164.50 → 171.32 (+4.1%)
1999	183.97	201.55	162.85	188.06 → 165.24 (−12.1%)

Records in the ECB data since 1999

Highest: 250.61 on Jul 20, 2007. Lowest: 117.29 on Sep 23, 2011.

About these numbers

Source: the European Central Bank's euro foreign exchange reference rates (one rate per TARGET working day, usually published around 16:00 CET).
GBP/JPY is a cross rate calculated by us: ECB rate of JPY ÷ ECB rate of GBP. Monthly and yearly values are simple averages, maxima and minima of those daily values.
The ECB publishes the reference rates for information purposes only and discourages using them for transactions. Market, bank and card rates differ during the day.