Awash Bank currently buys USD at 161.06 ETB and sells it at 164.29 ETB. Below is its full published board - 17 currencies, with cash and transactional rates for each.
17 CURRENCIESawashbank.comUPDATED AT 28 OCTOBER 2026
Against the market
How Awash Bank compares today
Ranked against every Ethiopian bank with a current USD cash board. Stale boards and off-market quotes are left out, as in our methodology.
Awash Bank ranks 22nd of 23 banks for anyone selling USD cash. At 161.06 ETB against 165.42 ETB at Oromia Bank, the difference is 4,354.20 ETB on 1,000 USD.
Awash Bank ranks 2nd of 23 banks for anyone buying USD cash. At 164.29 ETB against 164.10 ETB at Dashen Bank, the difference is 181.80 ETB on 1,000 USD.
Buying is what Awash Bank pays you for foreign currency; selling is what it charges to hand it over. Select a currency to see how this bank ranks against every other bank in Ethiopia.
Showing 17 of 17 currencies
Awash Bank exchange rates: buying and selling rates in Ethiopian birr for 17 currencies.
Awash Bank currently buys USD at 161.06 ETB and sells it at 164.29 ETB - so you receive the first figure when selling USD and pay the second when buying it. The board on this page lists all 17 currencies the bank quotes, with cash and transactional rates for each, last read Just now.
Does Awash Bank have the best exchange rate in Ethiopia?
On today's board: Awash Bank ranks 22nd of 23 banks for anyone selling USD cash. At 161.06 ETB against 165.42 ETB at Oromia Bank, the difference is 4,354.20 ETB on 1,000 USD. Awash Bank ranks 2nd of 23 banks for anyone buying USD cash. At 164.29 ETB against 164.10 ETB at Dashen Bank, the difference is 181.80 ETB on 1,000 USD. Leaders change from day to day, and a bank rarely leads every currency at once - each currency row on this page links to the full ranking for that currency.
Which currencies does Awash Bank exchange?
Awash Bank publishes rates for 17 currencies against the Ethiopian birr, listed in full on this page. A currency the bank does not quote is left out rather than shown as zero - if it is not in the table, that bank does not deal in it.
Are AWS rates the same at every branch?
The published board is set centrally and applies bank-wide, so the rate should be the same at any Awash Bank branch on a given day. Availability is not: a smaller branch may not hold enough physical foreign currency to fill a large cash exchange, and larger transactions may require identification and supporting documents.
How does ET-Forex get Awash Bank rates?
Directly from the exchange rate board Awash Bank publishes itself, re-read automatically several times a day. Nothing here is estimated and no parallel market rate is included. If the bank has not refreshed its board, this page says so and shows the trading day the figures actually belong to instead of implying they are current.