dollar price today Wednesday, May 13 in Peru. The exchange rate has opened to S/3.4319with a very slight drop, on Bloomberg. As you remember, the currency closed yesterday with a rise in S/3.4320, according to the last session of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru
It is worth mentioning that the currency had returned to values below S/3.40 in April, but after the results 90% of the Elections 2026the US currency appreciated. Then, faced with the conflict in the Middle East, with blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, the exchange rate rose. However, now there remains uncertainty without clarity that there will be a peace agreement soon.
Last 2025 the value of the dollar had a great drop. But with the performance of the peruvian economy in the light of global pressures and election campaign For 2026, its future projection is still uncertain. But the conflict in the Middle East has clearly affected its value towards appreciation.
Likewise, in the parallel market the exchange rate is today at these values for purchase and sale:
- Buys: S/3,420
- Sale: S/3,440.
It is worth remembering that the purchase price is the value at which the entity buy your dollars. Meanwhile, the sale price is the price at which you can currently buy one dollar.
How is the price quoted? exchange rate According to the Sunat portal, the one used for operations in the entity? This is the current data:
- Buys: S/3,428
- Sale: S/3,434.
As is known, this value is updated every day, adjusted to market changes and the value reported by the BCRP.
- 08:30 am: Maturities of BCRP instruments today: (a) BCRP deposits S/ 5,712.8 million and (b) Currency repo (Regular) S/ 200 million.
After the sustained decline in January (only until before the price increase on Friday, January 30), market expectations, collected by the BCRP, changed.
“The exchange rate expectation “By the end of 2026 it was reduced to a range of between S/ 3.34 and S/ 3.46 per dollar,” the BCRP report clarified. That is, almost without an increase as high as expected in November. Now, how much do you project the exchange rate at by the end of 2026?
- Economic analysts consulted see a dollar of S/ 3.34 at the end of 2026. As an example, the projection was S/ 3.45 in December)
- Financial system sees a dollar of S/ 3.39 (projection was S/ 3.43 in December)
- Non-financial companies expect the dollar to be at S/ 3.46 (projection was S/ 3.50 in December).
Despite the political crisis that Peru is currently experiencing and against all odds, the economy of this country boasts of being a of the most stable of the Latin American region, because while other currencies have experienced fluctuations, the peruvian sun has been strengthened.
In this way, the coronavirus pandemic generated a series of negative economic effects worldwide – such as inflation – which, also combined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and local monetary policy decisions, have been weakening the dollar.
However, the Peruvian currency has shown resilience to these events and has strengthened against the greenback and the euro. If the positive factors that have supported the sun in recent months continue, the currency could continue with the same streak in the coming months and even years.
Thus, the resistance of the Peruvian sol in the face of other adversities that have managed to hit other currencies has made it become a “shelter currency”especially in countries where dollars have been scarce, as is the case of Bolivia.
However, economic analysts have reduced their growth expectations for the Peruvian sol for the next two years; however, it is expected that macroeconomic balances will continue to support the sun.
