Convert RON to CZK Romanian leu ↔ Czech koruna Free Online Secure
Type an amount in Romanian leu and read it in Czech koruna 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.
From Prague 1968 to today: five chapters of a Romanian–Czech story, in lei and crowns
On 21 August 1968, when Warsaw Pact armies rolled into Czechoslovakia to end the Prague Spring, one communist government in the region refused to take part and said so in public. Nicolae Ceaușescu stood on a balcony in Bucharest and condemned the invasion before a huge crowd, and Romania sent no troops. The gesture made him briefly popular in the West and gave Czechs and Slovaks a lasting sense of gratitude. More than fifty years later the two countries sit in the same union, trade across Central Europe, share a love of beer and dumplings, and keep their own currencies, the Romanian leu and the Czech crown. This page moves you between them. It takes the European Central Bank's reference rates, in which the leu and the crown are each quoted against the euro, combines them into a leu-to-crown rate, shows the result with the date and keeps your amount in your browser. The text below tells five chapters of the shared story, and each chapter is a reason to Convert RON to CZK and to understand what the figure means.
Using the converter
Lei in, crowns out
Every conversion starts the same way: choose an amount, Convert RON to CZK, and look at the date beneath the figure.
Type an amount in lei and the page returns the equivalent in Czech crowns, with the date of the rate under the result. At weekends it shows Friday's figure and says so. A table of round amounts and a line chart of the last thirty days follow. For crowns into lei, use Convert CZK to RON.
How to read the result
The reference rate is the middle of the market, published once on every working day. It includes no margin for a bank or exchange counter. What you will be offered is a little worse, and the gap is the price of the service. When you Convert RON to CZK here, you obtain a ruler for measuring it. One per cent or less is excellent, two or three per cent is typical for banks, and four or more is a reason to look for another provider.
Chapter one: a balcony in Bucharest, August 1968
What happened
Alexander Dubček's reforms in Czechoslovakia, known as the Prague Spring, loosened censorship and promised socialism with a human face. In the early hours of 21 August, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria entered the country. Romania, which had its own quarrel with Moscow, did not participate. Ceaușescu's speech of that day called the invasion a grave mistake and defended the right of nations to decide their own path. In the following years he cultivated an image of independence, which brought Western loans and visits by American and French leaders.
The cost of an independent line
The loans that followed were repaid at great cost in the 1980s, when Romanians endured shortages of food, heating and light. The story shows that a gesture of dissent can bring both popularity and trouble. Today, nobody needs to make such choices to buy a coffee in Prague, but the sums involved in any trade are real. For a traveller, the first practical step is to Convert RON to CZK for the budget.
Remembering through museums
Prague's Museum of Communism and the Memorial to the Victims of Communism document that period for visitors. The museum costs about 300 crowns, and entry to the memorial is free. In Bucharest, the Museum of Communism and the House of the People tell the Romanian side of the story.
Chapter two: Czech beer, Romanian wine
Two drinking cultures
The Czech Republic drinks more beer per head than any other country, in pubs where a half-litre of lager costs a fraction of a London pint. Romania, by contrast, is a major wine producer, with vineyards from Moldavia to the Banat. Both countries also distil fruit brandy: slivovice in the Czech lands, țuică in Romania. A visitor from one to the other brings a bottle as a gift, and the exchange of drinks is a tradition.
What a round costs
A round for friends is a good unit of measure: Convert RON to CZK for the price of one beer and multiply by the number of glasses.
A half-litre of beer in a local Prague pub costs 50 to 80 crowns, in a tourist area 100 to 150. A glass of wine in Bucharest costs 15 to 30 lei, a small beer 10 to 15. To compare a round for four, Convert RON to CZK for the Romanian price and multiply by four. You will see that drinking is cheap in both places.
Chapter three: Czech firms in Romania, Romanian workers in Prague
Investment
Czech companies have invested in Romania in energy, retail, construction and banking. Czech engineering groups sell machine tools and parts to Romanian factories, and Czech-owned supermarkets operate in Romania. In the other direction, Romanian firms export agricultural products, cars and software to the Czech Republic. Contracts are usually in euros, but local costs are in lei and crowns. Firms hedge the risk by matching currencies.
Romanians in the Czech labour market
For a worker with family at home, Convert RON to CZK each month and note how the figure changes.
Thousands of Romanians work in the Czech Republic, in construction, manufacturing, logistics and hospitality. Czech wages are higher than Romanian ones in many sectors, but so are rents in Prague. Workers send part of their pay home. For them, the key question is how many lei arrive for each crown sent. Use the reference rate as a benchmark and compare transfer services. A saving of one per cent on a monthly transfer of 10,000 crowns is 100 crowns, enough for a lunch.
Permits and rules
As citizens of the European Union, Romanians may work in the Czech Republic without a permit, but they must register their residence after three months. Employers handle tax and social contributions. The Czech Republic has a system of health insurance contributions deducted from wages. Keep your pay slips and contracts.
Chapter four: tourists and students
Czechs in Romania
For a Czech visitor, the reverse is just as useful, and a quick Convert RON to CZK for a guesthouse price makes Romania easy to budget.
Czech tourists visit the Danube Delta, the painted monasteries, the Carpathians and the Black Sea. Many are cyclists, hikers and nature lovers. A week in a guesthouse in Maramureș, with home-cooked meals and a horse-drawn cart ride, costs a Czech family perhaps 4,000 to 6,000 lei. For them, the question is how that looks in crowns, and the answer is often a pleasant surprise.
Romanians in Prague
Before a semester begins, Convert RON to CZK for the rent and the transport pass, and add a month of food.
Charles University and other Czech institutions teach in English and attract Romanian students, especially in medicine, dentistry and engineering. Tuition for foreigners is paid in crowns or euros, and living costs in Prague are moderate by Western standards. A monthly budget of 15,000 to 25,000 crowns is common. Families in Romania who support students Convert RON to CZK for each transfer, to know the amount available.
City breaks
Prague is one of the most popular city-break destinations for Romanians, with direct flights from Bucharest and Cluj. A weekend costs perhaps 3,000 to 5,000 lei, including flights, a hotel and meals. The Old Town Square, the Charles Bridge and the Castle are free to see, while entry to monuments costs 200 to 450 crowns.
Chapter five: the currencies today
Neither uses the euro
The Czech Republic and Romania are both bound by treaty to adopt the euro eventually, and neither has set a date. In practice, both keep a floating currency. The Czech National Bank has a reputation for credibility and for managing inflation, while the National Bank of Romania manages the leu with interventions to dampen sharp moves.
What moves the rate
Rates have causes but no promises: Convert RON to CZK today and again next week, and see for yourself how much the pair breathes.
The leu-crown rate is derived from the leu-euro and crown-euro rates. Czech interest rates, inflation, growth in Germany, on which the Czech economy depends, and Romanian fiscal policy all matter. The pair can move by a few per cent in a month. To see the recent mood, look at the thirty-day line on this page.
Payments and cards
Cards are accepted widely in both countries, and contactless payment is common. In Prague, many tourist shops show prices in euros at poor rates; ask for the crown price. In Romania, small shops prefer cash. Always choose the local currency when a terminal asks. Decline any offer to convert into lei or crowns at the terminal.
Travelling between the two
Distances and time
Bucharest to Prague is about 1,300 kilometres by road, and Convert km to mi turns that into about 810 miles. The flight takes under two hours. Prague is an hour behind Bucharest all year, and Convert EET to CET confirms it. Both countries use Celsius, so forecasts match.
Local transport and tickets
Prague's public transport is cheap and efficient, with a 24-hour ticket at about 130 crowns. The airport express bus and the metro connect the centre with the airport. In Romania, rail and bus travel is cheap but slow. Plan extra time for connections.
Moving from Romania to Prague: the practical details that cost money
Finding a flat
A deposit is a sum that leaves your account for months, so Convert RON to CZK for it and be sure you can spare it.
Rents in Prague are the highest in the country. A one-bedroom flat in a central district costs 20,000 to 30,000 crowns a month, a studio on the outskirts 14,000 to 20,000, and a room in a shared flat 8,000 to 13,000. Landlords ask for a deposit of one to three months' rent, held until you leave. Agencies charge a commission of one month's rent in many cases. Rental sites in Czech, English and sometimes Russian list properties, and scams exist, so never pay a deposit before viewing the flat and signing a written contract. For a Romanian used to Cluj or Bucharest prices, Convert RON to CZK for the monthly rent and compare it with your income in lei.
Health insurance
Employees in the Czech Republic pay health insurance contributions through their payroll and receive access to the public system. People who are not employed, such as students or the self-employed, must arrange their own cover, either by paying into the public scheme or by taking private insurance. Premiums vary, from a few hundred to a few thousand crowns a month. Keep the insurance card with you and register with a general practitioner.
The first month in the city
On arrival, register your address with the foreign police if required, open a bank account, take out a phone plan and buy a transport pass. Czech banks accept passports and proof of address, and some offer English-language accounts. A monthly transport pass in Prague costs about 550 crowns, with discounts for students. Allow around 5,000 crowns for these first expenses.
Czech taxes in plain terms
Employees pay income tax at a flat rate on most wages, plus social and health contributions, with the employer handling the payments. Self-employed people file a return and pay quarterly or annual advances. A person who earns in the Czech Republic and also owns property in Romania has to consider whether the income is taxable in both countries. A tax adviser who knows both systems earns the fee.
Everyday prices in Prague seen from Romania
The basket
A litre of milk costs 25 to 30 crowns, a loaf of bread 30 to 50, a dozen eggs 50 to 70, a kilogram of chicken 100 to 150, a beer in a pub 50 to 90, a monthly gym membership 800 to 1,500, a cinema ticket 200 to 280. Convert RON to CZK for the same items at home and you can see where each country is cheaper. Beer, public transport and culture are usually cheaper in the Czech Republic; fresh vegetables and some services are often cheaper in Romania.
Eating out
A lunch menu, served on weekdays in many restaurants between 11 and 14, costs 150 to 250 crowns with soup and a main course. A dinner in a mid-range restaurant is 350 to 600 a head, with drinks. Traditional dishes such as svíčková, beef in cream sauce with dumplings, and trdelník, a sweet pastry, are widely sold to tourists. Czech people eat well and early, with dinner often at six.
Going out and culture
For a night at the opera, Convert RON to CZK for the ticket and compare it with a night at home.
Prague has opera, ballet, concerts and theatre at prices well below those in Western capitals. A ticket for a good seat at the National Theatre can be 300 to 1,200 crowns. Museums are 150 to 350 crowns. Students and seniors receive discounts. Many events are free in summer, in parks and squares.
Sending money between Romania and the Czech Republic
The routes
A bank transfer between the two countries usually passes through the euro, with a conversion at each end. Specialist services may convert directly and show the final amount before you confirm. A wallet or multi-currency card can also hold both lei and crowns. Compare at least two options for each amount, and calculate the effective rate: the sum received divided by the sum sent.
What counts as a good rate
The reference rate on this page is the benchmark. A result within one per cent is excellent, up to three per cent is typical, and beyond four per cent it is worth shopping around. For a monthly transfer of 5,000 crowns, a saving of two per cent is 100 crowns a month, or 1,200 a year. That is not a fortune, but it costs nothing to collect.
Keeping a record
Note the date, the amount sent, the amount received and the service used. After six months, you will know which option works best. Keep the confirmations in case a bank or tax authority asks about the source of funds.
Slovak, Polish and Hungarian neighbours
A short hop across the border
From Prague, a train reaches Bratislava, Vienna, Dresden or Kraków in a few hours. Slovakia and Austria use the euro, while Poland and Hungary use their own currencies. A traveller on the road from Romania to Prague passes through at least two other currency zones. Plan for each in advance, and keep small amounts of cash in euros for tolls and machines.
Comparing the neighbours
For a Romanian considering a move or study abroad, it is natural to compare Prague with Kraków, Budapest and Vienna. Prices for rent and food are broadly similar between Prague and Kraków, higher in Vienna and slightly lower in Budapest. A salary in crowns buys a similar standard of living as one in zloty. To compare, Convert RON to CZK and use the other pages to convert to zloty and forint.
Winter and summer
The Czech climate is continental, with cold winters and warm summers. Snow is common in January, and temperatures can reach 35 degrees in July. Convert °C to °F turns the forecast into Fahrenheit. A good coat is the largest clothing expense for new arrivals.
Related conversions
Currencies of the neighbours
Travellers heading west can use Convert RON to GBP or Convert RON to USD for the next leg, and Convert RON to CHF if the route passes through Switzerland.
For the euro, Convert RON to EUR. For Poland, Convert RON to PLN, and for Hungary Convert RON to HUF. For crowns in euros, Convert EUR to CZK.
Mistakes to avoid
Euro prices in Prague shops
Tourist shops in Prague often display prices in euros and add a poor rate when you pay in crowns. Ask for the crown price and pay by card in the local currency.
The terminal's offer
If a card machine offers to charge you in lei, say no. Pay in crowns and let your bank convert.
An old rate
A rate noted last month can be a percentage point or more away from today's. The date beside the result protects you.
Closing the chapter
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 balcony of 1968 to the pub table of today, the habit is the same: Convert RON to CZK, read the date, compare any offer against the figure and keep a note.