Which currencies are at record lows against the dollar (July 2026)

The Turkish lira is printing fresh record lows, and three Asian currencies (the rupiah, the peso, and the rupee) are within about 1.5% of theirs. These are indicative reference rates from our data, measured against a daily history that runs back to 1999 for most pairs and to 1971 for a few.

At or near record lows against the dollar

As of 12 July 2026, one currency is setting fresh records and three more are pressed right up against theirs. The table below shows the current indicative rate against the all-time high for the dollar in each pair, with the date that prior peak was set.

The lira is the standout. USD/TRY is up about 17% over the past year and roughly 444% over five years, a slide that has been steady rather than sudden. The rupiah, peso, and rupee tell a tighter story: each set its record earlier in 2026 and has been hovering just below it since, so a single quiet trading week can put any of them back at a new low.

The other side: who gained on the dollar

Not every currency weakened. Over the past year the dollar actually lost ground against a cluster of others. The table shows how much the dollar fell against each over twelve months, so a negative number means that currency strengthened.

Among the majors, the euro is the clearest mover: EUR/USD is up about 2.7% year to date, while GBP/USD is roughly flat. So the pattern for the dollar in 2026 is uneven. Softer against Europe and a few emerging-market outperformers, firmer against emerging Asia and the lira.

How we can call a record

Calling an all-time high only means something if the history is long enough to back it. Our daily series runs to 1999 for most pairs and to 1971 for a few (NZD/USD is the deepest), sourced from European Central Bank and Federal Reserve reference data. A record measured against 27 years of daily closes is a different claim from one measured against a couple of years, which is roughly as far back as the common free APIs reach.

Every rate in this post also carries its source (live, ecb_daily, or fred_daily) and its market_session, so you always know whether you are reading an intraday consensus rate or a daily reference fix. On a weekend, when the interbank market is closed, the field says so rather than quietly serving a stale number as if it were live.

Pull this yourself

You can reproduce the record watch with two calls: the latest rate, and a historical snapshot to compare against. The example checks how far USD/IDR sits from a prior date.

import requests

API = "https://api.exchangerate.dev/v1"
KEY = "exr_live_..."   # free key at https://exchangerate.dev/signup
H   = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}"}

now  = requests.get(f"{API}/latest/USD", headers=H, params={"symbols": "IDR"}).json()
past = requests.get(f"{API}/2026-06-08/USD", headers=H, params={"symbols": "IDR"}).json()

cur, ref = now["rates"]["IDR"], past["rates"]["IDR"]
print(f"now {cur:.0f}  vs 8 Jun {ref:.0f}  ({(cur/ref-1)*100:+.2f}%)")
print(now["source"], now["market_session"])