YER black market rate on Aug 20, 2026: 537.5 per USD
On Thursday, August 20, 2026, the US dollar traded at about 537.5 YER on Yemen's parallel (black) market at the close of observations. The day opened at 533.99 YER, reached a high of 542.1 and a low of 532, a trading range of 10.1 YER (1.90%).
Across 288 observations, the average price to buy dollars was 537.54 YER and the average price received when selling dollars was 543.88 YER. Over the session the Yemeni Rial weakened against the dollar (+0.66% from open to close).
Official rate vs black market rate on Aug 20, 2026
The official exchange rate published for Yemen on this date was 237.09 YER per USD. The parallel-market close of 537.5 YER therefore implied a premium of +126.71% over the official rate — a wide gap that typically signals dollar shortages in the formal banking system.
How Aug 20, 2026 compares
Compared with the previous observed day (Aug 19, 2026, close 533.99 YER), the rate moved +0.66%.
One week earlier (Aug 13, 2026) the close was 538 YER, so the weekly change was -0.09%.
Thirty days earlier (Jul 21, 2026) the close was 532.5 YER, a +0.94% 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 20, 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 20, 2026?
- The USD to YER parallel market rate closed at approximately 537.5 YER per US dollar on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after trading between 532 and 542.1 YER.
- How much did the YER move against the dollar that day?
- From an open of 533.99 to a close of 537.5 YER, the parallel rate moved +0.66% on Aug 20, 2026.
- What was the gap between the official and black market YER rate on that date?
- The official rate was 237.09 YER per USD versus a parallel close of 537.5 YER, a premium of +126.71%.
- Was the YER black market rate higher or lower than the day before?
- Higher: the previous observed close was 533.99 YER on Aug 19, 2026, a change of +0.66%.
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.