Convert EUR to RON Euro ↔ Romanian leu Free Online Secure
Type an amount in Euro and read it in Romanian leu at once. The page uses the European Central Bank's reference rate, and tells you which day that rate is from.
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Where these codes and rates come from
The three letters in EUR, USD or JPY are not an abbreviation someone invented for a website: they are ISO 4217, a standard in which the first two letters are the country's own code and the third is usually the initial of the currency. The figures on this page come from the European Central Bank, which publishes one set of reference rates each working day, around 16:00 Central European time, agreed between the central banks of the Eurosystem. They are a daily snapshot meant for statistics and accounting, not a live trading feed — which is exactly why they are the same number for everyone, rather than whatever one bank happened to quote at one moment.
Where you meet an exchange rate
You meet an exchange rate four or five times a year without thinking about it: booking a trip, paying an invoice issued abroad, buying from a foreign shop, reading a salary offer in another currency, or checking what a card charge really cost. In all of these the reference rate is the honest middle, and the price you actually pay sits a little to one side of it. Knowing the middle is what lets you see how wide that margin is.
Questions people ask
Is this the rate my bank will give me?
No, and no page can promise one. This is the European Central Bank's reference rate: the midpoint published once a day for statistics. A bank, a card scheme or an exchange office adds its own margin on top — usually between half a percent and three percent, sometimes more at an airport counter. Use this figure to judge the offer you are given, not to predict it.
How often does the figure change, and what happens at weekends?
The European Central Bank publishes once each working day, in the afternoon, Central European time. There is no publication on Saturdays, Sundays or TARGET holidays, so on those days the page shows the last working day's rate and says which day it belongs to. The chart alongside is one year of the same daily series.
Is the answer exact?
Where both units are defined in terms of one another by whole numbers, yes — the page says so above the figure, and the only rounding is in how many digits are shown. Where the ratio has no finite decimal, the page shows twelve significant digits and says the relation is approximate rather than pretending otherwise.
Does anything I type leave my device?
No. The arithmetic runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded and there is no server to upload it to. Load the page once and it keeps working with the network switched off.
The visitor's question: how many lei is a euro worth today?
Romania is a member of the European Union and has not yet replaced its own money with the euro, which means that almost everyone arriving from the euro area runs into the same small puzzle at the first cash machine. The leu, plural lei, is the currency in which Romanians are paid, in which they shop, and in which most of the signs in market stalls and bakeries are written. A traveller, an investor or a freelancer working for a Romanian client needs to Convert EUR to RON the moment the euro figure in their head has to become a price on a shelf. This page does that with the European Central Bank's reference rate and shows the date of the rate beside every result.
What follows is meant for people who actually have euros and are heading for, or dealing with, Romania. It covers the leu's short modern history, the difference between the reference rate and the rate on a shop's board, what a euro buys in different parts of the country, how to pay and withdraw without losing money, and the traps that catch visitors who convert once at the airport and then forget about the subject. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere; the amount stays in your browser.
The leu in a few paragraphs
A lion on every note
The word leu means lion, and the plural lei is pronounced like the English word lay. The currency is divided into one hundred bani, singular ban. Prices in shops are written with a comma before the bani, as in 12,50 lei, and large sums use a full stop to separate the thousands, which is the opposite of the English habit and a classic source of confusion for visitors.
Four zeros less since 2005
Romania suffered high inflation in the 1990s, and by the end of the decade a cup of coffee cost thousands of lei. On 1 July 2005 the country introduced a new leu worth ten thousand old ones, and the code changed from ROL to RON. You may still meet an older person who quotes prices in the old money, so a seemingly absurd number should make you ask which leu is meant.
Plastic notes and polymer innovation
Romania was one of the first countries in Europe to print banknotes on polymer, in the late 1990s, and the notes in your wallet are made of the same material. They survive being washed, folded and stuffed in pockets far better than paper does, which is a small practical gift to anybody who travels with cash.
Notes you will see most
Everyday notes are of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 lei. The 1 leu is a coin in practice, and the bani coins are small. Shops often round to the nearest ten bani when the change is awkward, so do not be surprised if a bill of 24,97 turns into 25.
Using the converter
Type euros, read lei
It takes only a second to Convert EUR to RON this way, and the same page works for checking a price someone has quoted you.
Enter the amount in euros. The page multiplies it by the reference rate for the leu, which states how many lei one euro buys, and shows the result with the date. If you open the page on a Saturday, you will see Friday's rate and a note to that effect, because the central bank does not publish when the markets are closed.
The reference rate and the bank's own rate
Romania's National Bank publishes its own official rate for the euro every working day, and Romanian companies use it for their accounts. The figure on this page comes from the European Central Bank and may differ from the Romanian one by a small amount, usually in the third or fourth decimal. For a holiday budget the difference is invisible; for an invoice, ask which source your accountant prefers.
Going back to euros
If you have lei left at the end of your stay and wish to see what they are worth in euros, Convert RON to EUR uses the same published rate in the opposite direction. It is also the page to open when a Romanian supplier names a price in lei and you want to compare it with a quote from a euro-area firm.
What a euro buys in Romania
Bucharest, Cluj and the big cities
Prices in the capital and in cities such as Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara and Brașov are higher than in the countryside but still lower than in Western Europe. A coffee in a central café costs the equivalent of two or three euros, a main course in a decent restaurant eight to fifteen, and a ticket on the underground in Bucharest less than a euro. If you convert a handful of such prices before you go, you will quickly form a feeling for the scale.
Villages, mountains and the Black Sea coast
Away from the cities, guesthouses in Transylvanian villages and mountain cabins in the Carpathians offer rooms for a fraction of the urban price, with home-cooked meals included. On the Black Sea coast, prices rise sharply in July and August and fall again in September. Booking in lei rather than in euros sometimes saves a few per cent, but check whether the quoted price already includes the tourist tax.
Land, farms and rural property
Romania has some of the cheapest farmland in the European Union, and foreign buyers have become a visible presence. Land is measured in hectares, which can be a surprise for buyers who think in acres; Convert HA to ACRES turns an advertisement into familiar terms. Remember that purchase prices in lei and notaries' fees will both move with the rate.
Paying and withdrawing without losing money
Cards, cash and the habit of the shop
Plan your cash before you Convert EUR to RON at a counter: a card plus a small amount from a bank machine usually beats any exchange office.
Cards are accepted in cities, hotels, supermarkets and petrol stations, and contactless payment is common even for small sums. In villages, markets and with taxi drivers, cash in lei is still useful. The most efficient approach is to pay by card where possible and to withdraw modest amounts of cash from a bank-branded machine as needed.
The terminal that offers euros
Some shops and restaurants in tourist areas offer to charge your card in euros. It sounds reassuring and costs you money, because the conversion happens at the terminal provider's rate, not at your bank's. Decline and pay in lei. The difference on a hundred euros can be four or five euros.
Cash machines
Bank-owned machines usually give the best rate. Stand-alone machines in tourist areas often add a fixed fee and a poor conversion. When a screen asks whether you want to accept conversion into your home currency, choose to be charged in lei.
Exchange offices
Whenever you Convert EUR to RON in cash, treat the exchange board as an offer to compare, not as a price list to accept.
Exchange offices exist on every main street, and their boards show a buying and a selling price. The spread between the two is the cost of the service, and it is often narrowest in offices away from stations and airports. Compare the selling price on their board with the reference rate on this page and walk on if the gap exceeds three per cent.
Working with Romania from the euro area
Freelancers and outsourcing
Contractors who Convert EUR to RON every month for a project budget should agree in the contract which rate applies on the invoice date.
Romania has a large community of programmers, designers and translators serving clients across Europe. Some invoice in euros, some in lei, and the choice decides who carries the exchange-rate risk. A client who pays in euros and a freelancer who spends in lei are both exposed, but in different directions. When you Convert EUR to RON for a monthly budget, use a conservative figure, one per cent worse than the reference.
Branches, factories and wages
When a finance team has to Convert EUR to RON for a group budget, it usually fixes one rate for the year and reviews it each quarter.
Many western companies run factories, call centres and software centres in Romania. Wages and local costs are in lei, group accounts in euros, and the leu's movements show up in the margins. Finance departments usually fix an internal budget rate for the year and then compare it with the actual rate in each quarter.
Time zone and logistics
Romania is in the Eastern European time zone, one hour ahead of Central Europe, which affects meeting schedules. A quick comparison with Convert CET to EET avoids the common mistake of turning up an hour late.
A week in Romania, priced in euros and lei
Two days in Bucharest
The capital rewards a short stay with its Old Town, the enormous Palace of the Parliament, village museums in the open air and a lively café scene. A realistic budget for one person is a hotel at forty to ninety euros a night, three meals totalling twenty to thirty euros and a few small entrance fees. Before you leave, Convert EUR to RON for these figures once, so that a menu showing 65 lei makes sense at a glance: it is about what you would pay for a modest dinner at home.
Transylvania by train and car
Brașov, Sibiu and Sighișoara lie within a few hours of one another, and their medieval centres are among the best preserved in Europe. Distances on Romanian road signs are in kilometres, as in the euro area, but American guests find it useful to Convert KM to MI in their heads: a sign saying 150 means about 93 miles. Mountain roads are slow, so double the time you would expect from the map.
Fuel and rental cars
Petrol and diesel are sold by the litre and priced in lei. A full tank for a small car costs roughly the same in euros as in much of Western Europe, a little less in some months. Rental firms in Romania usually ask for a deposit on a card, often several hundred euros; the hold is placed in lei and released later, and the exchange rate between the two holds can leave a few euros missing.
The Danube Delta and the sea
Boats in the Delta and guesthouses in Tulcea charge in lei, and booking through a foreign platform may show euros. If both are available, compare them using the reference rate on this page. The Black Sea resorts are priced in lei as well, and the high season of July and August pushes room prices up by half or more.
Where euros do work in Romania
Rents, flats and cars
Residential rents in the larger cities are very often agreed in euros, even though the tenant pays in lei at the rate of the day. The same is true of the prices of new flats and of many second-hand cars. If you rent a flat on this basis, your monthly cost moves with the rate, so a lease signed in euros carries a currency risk, small in a calm year and noticeable in a turbulent one.
Hotels and tour operators
Large hotels and international tour operators publish prices in euros and take lei at their own rate of the day. Their board rate is usually a few per cent worse than the reference one. If the hotel will accept payment in lei at the central bank's rate, ask for it; if it insists on its own rate, compare.
Shops that quote both
Some shops near borders or airports show both currencies on the shelf. The conversion in the small print is the shop's own and usually favours the shop. Treat the lei price as the real one.
The accountant's view of the rate
Which source is official
For tax and accounting in Romania, the official rate is the one published by the National Bank of Romania. An invoice in euros is recorded in lei at that rate on the date of the operation, and the difference at payment is booked as a gain or a loss on exchange. The European Central Bank's rate is a close companion, which is why many people use it for quick checks like this one.
VAT and invoices
Romanian VAT is calculated on the lei amount, so a euro invoice must show the rate used. A mistake in the rate changes the VAT, which makes it worth stating the source and the date on every foreign-currency invoice.
Documents for lenders
Banks asking for proof of income in euros may want an official conversion on the day of the application. A printout of this page with the date visible is not an official document, but it is a useful check against the number the bank gives you.
From Romania to other currencies
When the leu is in the middle
Many Romanians keep savings in euros and spend in lei, but also have family in the United States. For them the pair of lei and dollars is a second reference, found at Convert RON to USD. The two pages together show how the euro, dollar and leu relate, so that a payment in one can be judged against a payment in another.
The triangular check
Take a sum in euros, convert it to lei, convert the lei to dollars and then compare the result with converting the euros to dollars directly. The two results should agree to within a small fraction of a per cent; if they do not, one of the conversions includes a margin you have not seen.
Why the result is useful
The triangular check is a quick way to find out whether a provider is hiding a charge in its rate. It takes a minute and uses only the pages of this site.
The road to the euro
Waiting for the changeover
Under the treaty on which Romania joined the European Union in 2007, the country is obliged to adopt the euro once it meets the convergence criteria. The criteria cover inflation, public finances, interest rates and exchange-rate stability, and Romania has not yet met them all at once. Governments have named target dates from time to time and then moved them, so any date you read in a news article should be treated as a hope, not a promise.
What would change
Until then the need to Convert EUR to RON stays with everyone who earns in one currency and spends in the other.
Adopting the euro would remove the need to Convert EUR to RON altogether for people in Romania. Prices would be quoted in euros and cents, and the national bank would give up control of interest rates in exchange for a seat in the European system. For visitors it would simplify holidays, and for exporters it would remove a cost.
Until then
Until the changeover, exchange-rate risk stays on the shoulders of everyone who earns in one currency and spends in the other, and the sensible response is to know the reference rate and to compare offers with it.
Comparing the neighbours
Other currencies of the region
Romania's neighbours also keep their own money: Hungary the forint, Poland the złoty and the Czech Republic the koruna. A traveller crossing several borders may use Convert EUR to HUF and Convert EUR to PLN in the same week.
Dollars and pounds
Many Romanians work in Britain and the United States and send money home. For them the useful pages begin with Convert GBP to RON and Convert USD to RON, with the euro used as a yardstick for comparison. The broader euro-dollar picture is on Convert EUR to USD.
Mistakes when you Convert EUR to RON
Reading the decimal comma as a point
Before you Convert EUR to RON for a price copied from a Romanian website, check which mark the site uses for thousands.
A price of 1.250 lei is one thousand two hundred and fifty lei, not one and a quarter. In Romania the full stop separates thousands and the comma marks the bani.
Paying twice for convenience
Changing euros at home, then changing leftover lei back at the airport, loses two margins. It is cheaper to carry a card and withdraw only what you need.
Ignoring the date of the rate
A rate from last month, shown on an old blog, may be wrong by a per cent or two. Look at the date beside the result.
Forgetting taxes on large purchases
Anyone planning to Convert EUR to RON for a flat or a car should also ask for the notary fees in advance.
Buying a car, land or a flat adds notary fees, transfer taxes and sometimes agent commissions, each calculated in lei. The converted headline price is only the start.
Short answers
How do I Convert EUR to RON?
Type the euros in the first field. The page applies the latest reference rate and gives the lei, with the date.
Why is the rate different at an exchange office?
Because the office quotes two prices and keeps the difference. The page shows the middle.
Should I take euros or lei with me?
Take a card, and a small amount of lei from a bank machine on arrival. Euros in your pocket are useful only in a few tourist places.
Is the rate the same on Sundays?
It is Friday's rate, shown with its date, because nothing is published at the weekend.
Is my amount recorded?
No. The amount stays in your browser.
Your amount stays with you
The only thing fetched from the network is the table of rates. The amount you type never leaves your browser, no account is needed and nothing is stored. It is an unobtrusive way to Convert EUR to RON without telling a website how much you intend to spend.
In short
To Convert EUR to RON, enter the euros and read the lei at the latest reference rate of the European Central Bank, together with its date. It is the middle of the market, so a shop or bank will offer slightly less. Pay in lei when a terminal asks, avoid exchanging twice, and remember that Romanian prices use a decimal comma and a full stop for thousands.