Currency Rates
European Central Bank exchange rates, on your dashboard
Pick a base currency and up to eight others. Currency Rates keeps the European Central Bank's reference rates for them on your DashSuey board, with how far each one moved and its low and high over the last 7, 30, 90 or 365 days.
- Needs
- A base currency and a list. No API key.
- Reads from
- The European Central Bank's reference rates
- Changes
- Once each working day, at around 4pm CET
On your board, beside the rest of your day
The rates next to the time in other places, a countdown and the weather. The board is saved to your account, so it looks the same on every computer you sign in on.
World Clock
Date
Weather
Count Down
Every tile here is live: the rates are the ECB's latest, and the weather is for the place your connection suggests, or Chicago when it cannot tell. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
What you can set
- Base currency
- The one the others are measured against: the euro or any of the 29 currencies the ECB publishes a rate for.
- Show
- Up to eight currencies, drawn in the order you drag them into.
- Window
- 7, 30, 90 or 365 days. Each card shows how far its rate moved over the window and, when the tile is tall enough, its low and high.
- The date
- The day the rates belong to sits in the header beside ECB. On a weekend or an ECB holiday it stays on the last working day's rates, and says so.
- Where it lives
- On your board, saved to your account, and the same on every computer you sign in on.
Where the rates come from
The European Central Bank publishes reference rates for the euro against 29 other currencies at around 4pm CET each working day. DashSuey reads them through Frankfurter, a free public service, and works them through to the base you pick. The widget looks for new rates every hour while your board is open.
The ECB publishes these rates for information. A bank, card or exchange desk sets its own rate, and the widget is for keeping an eye on where a currency stands, not for pricing a payment.
What it does not do
- It doesn't convert an amount. There is no box to type one in.
- It shows no live market price, chart or alerts, and no crypto or metals.
- It can't show a currency the ECB doesn't publish.
Questions people ask
What is the euro reference rate?
It is the exchange rate the European Central Bank publishes each working day for the euro against 29 other currencies, for information. The Currency Rates widget shows those rates, worked through to whichever base currency you pick.
What time does the ECB publish its exchange rates?
At around 4pm Central European Time on working days. There are none on weekends or on the ECB's TARGET closing days, which in 2026 are January 1, April 3, April 6, May 1, December 25 and December 26. On those days the widget keeps the last working day's rates, with that day's date on the tile.
Is there a widget for currency exchange rates?
Currency Rates is one. It sits on your DashSuey board with your other widgets, in any browser you sign in on, and shows up to eight currencies against a base you choose. It shows rates; it doesn't convert an amount.
Can I use these rates to exchange money?
No. The ECB says "Using the rates for transaction purposes is strongly discouraged." A bank, card or exchange desk sets its own rate, and it will be different.
Is the euro getting stronger against the dollar?
The widget doesn't predict anything. Set the base to USD and add EUR, and the card shows how far the rate moved over the window you picked, with its low and high. Nothing on the tile, or on this page, is advice.
Why don't the rates change during the day?
Market rates move all day, but the ECB fixes its reference rates once each working day, so the widget changes once a day too. It looks for new rates every hour while your board is open.
Which currencies can it show?
The ones the ECB publishes: the euro and 29 others, including the US dollar, the pound, the yen, the Canadian dollar, the Indian rupee, the Mexican peso and the South African rand.
Do I need an API key?
No. The widget reads the ECB's rates through a free public service. You pick your currencies, and that's all.