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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.
From Hokusai to the Paris Syndrome: Japanese travellers in Europe and what their yen buys in euros
The Japanese love Europe, and Europe has long loved Japan. In the 1860s and 1870s, woodblock prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige arrived in Paris as packing material for porcelain and ended up on the walls of artists. Van Gogh copied them, Monet collected them, and the style known as Japonisme changed Western painting. A century and a half later, millions of Japanese travellers visit Paris, Rome, Vienna and Venice every year, and they arrive with yen in their pockets and euros in their sights. The question they ask is the same as that of every traveller: what is my money worth over there? This page answers it. It takes the European Central Bank's reference rates, in which the yen is quoted against the euro every working day, shows the result with the date and keeps your amount in your browser. The text below follows the Japanese traveller through Europe, and each stop is a reason to Convert JPY to EUR and to understand what the figure means.
Using the converter
Yen in, euros out
Before a European tour, Convert JPY to EUR for the daily limit and write the date beside it, because yen amounts hide the decimals.
Type an amount in yen and the page returns the value in euros, with the date of the rate beneath. At weekends it shows Friday's figure and says so. A table of round amounts and a thirty-day line complete the page. Because yen amounts are large, the results are small numbers; read the decimals carefully. For euros into yen, use Convert EUR to JPY.
What the reference rate is
The rate is the middle of the market, published once on every working day, with no margin for banks, card networks or exchange counters. What you actually receive is a little less, and the gap is the price of the service. Use the page as a yardstick: under one per cent is excellent, two or three per cent is normal for banks, and four or more is a reason to compare. Every time you Convert JPY to EUR here, you obtain the yardstick.
Stop one: the Louvre and the Paris Syndrome
The dream and the disappointment
Paris is the most beloved European city of Japanese visitors, shaped by images of fashion, art and romance. In 1986, a Japanese psychiatrist working in Paris, Hiroaki Ota, described a condition he called Paris Syndrome, in which some visitors suffer acute distress on finding that the real city does not match the idealised one: rude waiters, crowded metro carriages, dirty streets. It is rare, and it says more about expectations than about the city. Still, Japanese travel companies and the Japanese embassy offer advice to help visitors prepare.
Prices in the capital
For a day in Paris, Convert JPY to EUR for the museum ticket, the lunch and the metro pass, and add them for the day's cost.
A seat at a Paris café for a coffee costs 3 to 6 euros, a lunch menu in a bistro 15 to 25, a dinner 35 to 70. The Louvre charges about 22 euros, and a day pass for the metro and buses about 14. A mid-range hotel is 150 to 300 euros a night. Convert JPY to EUR for your daily budget, and you will see how many thousand yen a day in Paris requires.
Etiquette that helps
Courtesy costs nothing, but the coffee does: Convert JPY to EUR for a round of two and keep the receipt.
Greet shop staff with "bonjour" when you enter, and say "merci" and "au revoir" when you leave. A small effort in French goes a long way. Service is included in restaurant bills, and a tip of a euro or two is optional. Do not be surprised if waiters are brisk. This is not rudeness, but a different style.
Stop two: Rome and the cost of the Eternal City
The Colosseum, the Vatican and the coffee bar
The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill are covered by a combined ticket of about 18 to 24 euros. The Vatican Museums cost about 20 to 25, with an extra charge for skip-the-line options. An espresso at the counter costs 1.20 to 1.50 euros; sitting at a table costs more. A pizza is 8 to 14 euros, a dinner with wine 30 to 60. The city is warm, crowded in summer and full of pickpockets near the main sites.
Beware of tourist traps
Before you sit down, Convert JPY to EUR for the menu price and add the cover charge, so the bill holds no surprise.
Restaurants beside famous monuments often charge twice the price of those a few streets away, and some add hidden charges for bread and cover. Always check the menu for "coperto", a cover charge of 1 to 3 euros, and for a service charge. Taxis from the airport have a fixed fare to the centre of about 55 euros. Use official taxi ranks.
Stop three: Vienna, music and cake
Mozart, Sacher and the opera
A standing ticket is so cheap that you should Convert JPY to EUR twice, to be sure you have not missed a zero.
Vienna is a city of music, with the State Opera and the Philharmonic, and of coffee houses, where a coffee and a slice of cake cost 8 to 12 euros and one may stay all afternoon. Standing tickets for the opera cost as little as 13 euros, an astonishing bargain for a world-class performance. The Schönbrunn Palace costs about 25 euros, and the Belvedere 17 to 25. A day card for public transport costs about 8 euros. Convert JPY to EUR for the opera ticket, and you will see how little it is.
Japanese connections
Japan and Austria have a close cultural bond. Japanese musicians study in Vienna, and many Japanese visitors attend the New Year's Concert. A shop in the city centre sells Japanese-language guides. The city is clean, safe and well organised, which suits Japanese travellers.
The Vienna pass
Passes are sold in euros, so Convert JPY to EUR for the pass price and divide by the number of sights you plan to visit.
For a stay of two or three days, a city pass covering transport and sights is usually cheaper than buying tickets separately. Compare the cost with a list of the sights you plan to see. The passes are sold in euros, and the price includes a small saving. Cards without foreign-transaction fees are best for buying them.
Stop four: Venice and the lagoon
A city of water
Venice has no cars, only boats and footpaths. Public water buses cost 9 to 10 euros for a single ride, with day passes of 25 to 35. A gondola ride costs a fixed 90 to 120 euros for 30 minutes. Hotels are costly and tend to be small. A day visitor pays an entrance fee of 5 to 10 euros on certain days, introduced to manage crowds. Check the calendar.
Eating in Venice
For a night of cicchetti, Convert JPY to EUR for the price of a round and multiply by the number of stops.
Cicchetti, small snacks served in bars with a glass of wine, are the best-value way to eat: 1.50 to 3 euros each. A seafood dinner costs 40 to 80 euros. Avoid restaurants near St Mark's Square, where prices are highest. A spritz in a local bar costs 3 to 5 euros, on the Grand Canal 12 to 15.
Stop five: the Swiss Alps and Germany
The Golden Route
Many Japanese tours include the Swiss Alps and the Rhine in Germany, with cable cars up the Jungfrau and castles along the river. Switzerland is not in the euro area, and prices are in francs; for the franc, there is Convert JPY to CHF. Germany uses euros: a beer costs 3 to 5, a sausage with bread 3 to 6, a night in a mid-range hotel 100 to 160.
Trains and passes
European railways offer passes for visitors from outside the continent, with prices in euros for a number of days of travel. Compare with point-to-point tickets for a fixed itinerary. Reservations on high-speed and night trains are extra. Japanese visitors, accustomed to the punctual Shinkansen, are often impressed by the German and Swiss systems and surprised by occasional delays elsewhere.
The yen and the euro
Why the number of yen per euro matters
When the yen is weak against the euro, Europe is costly for Japanese travellers; when it is strong, Europe is cheap. Over the past decades the pair has swung widely, and Japanese tourist numbers in Europe have followed. The pair is influenced by interest-rate differences between the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, by inflation, and by global risk mood, since the yen is a safe haven.
Planning for the swing
In the end, the plan is simple: Convert JPY to EUR, read the date, and decide on the basis of a number rather than a feeling.
Anyone buying euros months ahead should Convert JPY to EUR now and again next month and note how far the figure has moved.
A traveller planning a trip months ahead can reduce risk by buying part of the euros in advance and the rest later, or by using a multi-currency card that lets you hold euros. Look at the thirty-day line on this page to see how restless the pair has been. The chart is a guide, not a forecast.
Beyond the big four: Japanese travellers in Central and Eastern Europe
Prague, Budapest and Kraków
Cities on other currencies tempt travellers to convert twice, so Convert JPY to EUR first, then to the local money.
In recent years Japanese tourists have discovered the cities of Central Europe, drawn by their medieval centres, music and low prices. Prague's old town and its Charles Bridge are popular, as are Budapest's thermal baths and Kraków's market square. These cities do not use the euro, so a traveller needs crowns, forint or zloty: Convert JPY to CZK, Convert JPY to HUF and Convert JPY to PLN show what the yen buys in each. Prices for meals and lodging are lower than in Paris or Vienna: a lunch costs 8 to 15 euros' worth, a hotel night 70 to 150.
Romania and the Balkans
Further east, Romania offers painted monasteries, Carpathian villages and Transylvanian castles, with prices lower still. Convert JPY to RON shows the leu. Japanese visitors, used to precise timetables, find rural transport slower and plan with margin. Guesthouse owners are warm and generous, with portions that surprise a Japanese appetite.
A cultural bridge: music and manga
Japanese pianists and violinists are fixtures on the stages of Vienna, Prague and Warsaw, and Japanese animation is wildly popular among young Europeans. Conventions in Paris, Budapest and Bucharest draw thousands of fans, and tickets cost 20 to 60 euros. A visitor who wants to meet fans can combine travel with such an event.
Nordic and Baltic options
The north of Europe is attractive in summer: Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki and the Baltic capitals. Sweden uses the krona, so Convert JPY to SEK is the tool. Prices are high in Scandinavia and moderate in the Baltics. Long light evenings make a Nordic summer a good time for walking and cycling.
Japanese people who live in Europe
Students, artists and musicians
Parents sending a monthly allowance should Convert JPY to EUR on a fixed day and keep a record of the rate.
Tens of thousands of Japanese students and young professionals live in Europe, studying music in Vienna and Berlin, art in London and Paris, design in Milan and cooking in Lyon. Their finances are a constant balancing of yen from home and euros earned. A scholarship of 1,000 euros a month goes a long way in Lisbon and not far in Paris. Parents sending support from Japan convert yen into euros each month, and a monthly routine reduces worry.
Business and expatriates
An allowance in yen buys different amounts each month, so Convert JPY to EUR on payday and file the result.
Japanese companies have large operations in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with expatriate staff who receive allowances in yen or euros. Düsseldorf has one of the biggest Japanese communities in Europe, with schools, restaurants and a Japanese quarter. Expatriates face the same exchange-rate questions, with tax and social contributions in two countries.
Pensions and retirement
For a retiree who splits the year, Convert JPY to EUR each quarter to see how the pension holds up in Europe.
Some Japanese retirees spend part of the year in Europe, living off pensions in yen. The exchange rate determines their purchasing power. When the yen is weak, Europe is dear, and they cut down; when strong, they travel more. A habit of converting at a fixed date each month, with a note of the rate, spares them anxiety.
Europeans in Japan, for contrast
Why the numbers differ
When Japanese visitors go to Europe, they find prices in euros that can seem high. When Europeans go to Japan, they find prices in yen that often look low. The reason is partly exchange-rate movements and partly the structure of Japanese pricing, where meals, transport and accommodation are inexpensive by international standards. A comparison in both directions shows that the yen is a currency with a lot of room to move.
Time, weather and distance
Flights from Tokyo to Paris take about fourteen hours, or twelve on the shorter Siberian route. Weather in Europe varies: Paris is mild, Prague cold in winter, Rome hot in summer. The scale is Celsius, as in Japan. Distances are in kilometres. For American readers, Convert km to mi and Convert °C to °F translate. Mountains such as Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres, are given in metres; Convert m to ft gives feet.
Seasonal tips
Spring and autumn are the best seasons for city tours. Summer is hot and crowded in the south, and winter brings Christmas markets in the north. Book flights and hotels well ahead for peak dates, and compare packages with independent arrangements. The weak-yen years have made European travel dear, so budgeting matters.
Practical money advice
Cards, cash and cash machines
Cards are widely accepted in Europe, but small shops and rural areas still use cash. Withdraw euros from cash machines of banks and decline conversion to yen offered by the machine. Carry a small amount of cash for toilets, markets and tips.
Tax-free shopping
Before paying for a big purchase, Convert JPY to EUR for the price before and after the refund of VAT and compare with home.
Visitors from outside the European Union can claim back value-added tax on purchases above a minimum in many countries, if goods are exported unused. The shop issues a form to be stamped at customs on departure. The refund is paid in cash or on a card, minus a fee. Ask at the till and keep your passport with you. For a purchase of 500 euros at 20 per cent VAT, the refund might be 60 to 70 euros after fees.
Insurance and safety
Travel insurance with medical cover is essential. Watch out for pickpockets in crowded places, such as metro trains and tourist sights. Keep passports in a hotel safe and carry a photocopy. Report thefts to the police and obtain a report for the insurer.
Related conversions
Other currencies for a European tour
For the British pound, Convert JPY to GBP; for the dollar, which is useful on a transatlantic stopover, Convert JPY to USD. Distances in Europe are in kilometres, as in Japan, and temperatures are in Celsius. Central Europe is seven to eight hours behind Japan.
Mistakes to avoid
Counting the decimals
One thousand yen is only a few euros, so results have decimals. Read them carefully, especially when comparing prices.
The terminal's offer
If a card machine offers to charge you in yen, say no. Pay in euros and let your bank convert.
Old rates
A rate noted last month may be a percentage point or more away from today's. The date beside the result protects you.
Sayonara, au revoir
The page downloads only the table of daily reference rates. The amount you type never leaves your device, and no account is needed. From the prints of Hokusai to the pavements of Rome, the habit is the same: Convert JPY to EUR, read the date, compare any offer against the figure and keep a note.