AUD to AED Exchange Rate

The lowdown on the United Arab Emirates Dirham

Economical Influences and the United Arab Emirates Dirham

If you are considering converting AUD to AED, It’s good to get a snapshot on how the economy may influence the dirham.

The United Arab Emirates has an open economy with a significantly high income per capita. Diversification of the UAE economy means that they rely less on their oil and gas sectors than many of their neighbouring nations.¹

The UAE offers trade-free zones that are popular with foreign investors due to these zones having no taxes imposed, and 100% foreign ownership rights.¹

While the price of oil – one of the UAE’s biggest exports – does not directly impact the dirham, fluctuations in oil prices may affect the AED to AUD exchange rate due to changes in relative valuations of the US and Australian dollars.²

UAE Dirham Historical Exchange Rate

The UAE dirham has performed rather well over the last five years, improving and then stabilising during the last three years in particular.¹

Back in October 2013, 1 AUD was buying around 3.52433 AED; in September 2014 the dirham had strengthened against the Australian dollar to 3.18661 to 1 AUD.³

In September 2015, the dirham was performing well against the Australian dollar with 1 AUD converting to 2.57675 AED.³

Staying relatively stable over time, by July 2017 1 AUD was buying 2.90813 AED. As of 25 September 2018, 1 Australian dollar would get you 2.66215 AED.³

Learn more about the UAE dirham before you travel to the United Arab Emirates and create a currency rate alert so we can notify you when it hits the rate you want.

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^Sources:

^{1. Central Intelligence Agency - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html. Based on rates as of 25 September 2018.}

^{2. The Australian Expat Investor - http://www.austexpatinvestor.com/factors-impacting-australian-dollar-uae-dirham-exchange-rate-aed/}

^{3. XE- https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=AUD&to=AED&view=5Y Based on mid-market rates as of 25 September 2018.}

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