YER black market rate on Aug 6, 2026: 536.37 per USD
On Thursday, August 6, 2026, the US dollar traded at about 536.37 YER on Yemen's parallel (black) market at the close of observations. The day opened at 536.32 YER, reached a high of 541.03 and a low of 529.18, a trading range of 11.85 YER (2.24%).
Across 288 observations, the average price to buy dollars was 535.46 YER and the average price received when selling dollars was 545.29 YER. Over the session the Yemeni Rial was broadly flat against the dollar (+0.01% from open to close).
Official rate vs black market rate on Aug 6, 2026
The official exchange rate published for Yemen on this date was 238.28 YER per USD. The parallel-market close of 536.37 YER therefore implied a premium of +125.10% over the official rate — a wide gap that typically signals dollar shortages in the formal banking system.
How Aug 6, 2026 compares
Compared with the previous observed day (Aug 5, 2026, close 536.32 YER), the rate moved +0.01%.
One week earlier (Jul 30, 2026) the close was 541.5 YER, so the weekly change was -0.95%.
Thirty days earlier (Jul 7, 2026) the close was 512.1 YER, a +4.74% move over the month.
How this daily figure is produced
ETCurrency samples Yemen's USD/YER parallel market throughout the day from peer-to-peer stablecoin order books and, where available, community submissions. Each sample is filtered for outliers and aggregated into a single buy and sell quote; the figures above are the first, highest, lowest and last of those aggregated quotes for Aug 6, 2026 (UTC).
USDT peer-to-peer prices closely track cash dollar prices in most parallel markets but are not identical to them: payment-method fees, merchant margins and local demand for stablecoins can all add a few tenths of a percent.
Frequently asked questions
- What was the dollar to Yemeni Rial black market rate on Aug 6, 2026?
- The USD to YER parallel market rate closed at approximately 536.37 YER per US dollar on Thursday, August 6, 2026, after trading between 529.18 and 541.03 YER.
- How much did the YER move against the dollar that day?
- From an open of 536.32 to a close of 536.37 YER, the parallel rate moved +0.01% on Aug 6, 2026.
- What was the gap between the official and black market YER rate on that date?
- The official rate was 238.28 YER per USD versus a parallel close of 536.37 YER, a premium of +125.10%.
- Was the YER black market rate higher or lower than the day before?
- Higher: the previous observed close was 536.32 YER on Aug 5, 2026, a change of +0.01%.
Figures are aggregated parallel-market observations for Yemen in UTC and are indicative only; they are not a quote to trade. See the full USD → Yemeni Rial history or today's live rate.