Dollar Euro Conversion

Whether you're traveling on a family vacation or conducting business away from home in Europe or the U.S., it is always better to get yourself familiar with dollar euro conversion rates in advance.

You can very easily calculate the dollar euro conversion on your own, without any fancy calculators. We show you how below, or you can access a couple internet-based resources to do the calculation for you. 

Euro Dollar Conversion – Resources

If you don't want to do the conversion calculation yourself, you can use any of several websites for calculating the euro to dollar conversion, such as:

Many online sites will provide you with the latest euro dollar conversion rates, as they are updated regularly.

If you're looking for more than the dollar to euro conversion calculation, and you want to actually exchange money, almost all the full service banks provide this service. Just call or visit your bank’s foreign currency department for more information on the dollar vs euro.

You can also complete a dollar to euro conversion at most airports, as many banks and authorized foreign exchange agents have their branches or offices at major airports. However, the euro to dollar exchange rate offered by airport bank branches may not always be best, and the commission charged by them could be higher than normal. After all, they've got a captive audience at their disposal. Therefore, it is better to know the exchange rates from other sources also.

Dollar to Euro Conversion – Sample Calculation

I know most people think I'm crazy for doing the calculation without the use of a website, but honestly, the conversion can be completed simply, using proportions.

Proportions in the set of two fractions that are connected to each other by equal sign will give you the exact euro to dollar conversion rate if you know the exchange rate of the two currencies on the given date.

For example, if one dollar is equal to 0.90 euros on a particular day and you want to know how many euros you will get for 100 dollars, simply put 1 dollar as the numerator and 0.90 as the denominator of the first fraction and set the numerator of the second fraction to the amount of currency you want to calculate which in our case is 100 dollars.

1 dollar / 0.90 euros  =  100 dollars / X euros

It leaves us with the missing factor or the denominator of second fraction which will give the exact number of euros you will be getting for 100 dollars.

The video above discusses converting currencies utilizing Google.

Now you can easily calculate the dollar to euro conversion for 100 dollars by just multiplying the denominator of first fraction with the numerator of the second fraction, in our case it will be 0.90 euros multiplied by 100 dollars and result will be 90 euros.

You can also use this formula to calculate conversions for currencies other than just euro vs dollar, such as dollars to pounds, as well as any other currency.