Convert Chinese yuan renminbi (CNY) to Australian dollars (AUD) at today's reference rate. Common amounts, 30-day tables, and a 12-month chart.
These figures use the same daily reference rate shown above, so they move when the rate moves. They are a quick way to size an amount of Chinese yuan in Australian dollars without typing it into the converter; for any other figure, use the CNY to AUD converter at the top of this page.
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The inverse rate is simply 1 ÷ R, so the same reference rate answers the reverse question.
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CNY/AUD pairs two of the world's most heavily traded currencies, so the bid-ask spread on consumer-facing platforms is usually narrow and the rate moves smoothly through the trading day. Liquidity is highest during the overlap of London and New York hours; thin sessions can show slightly wider spreads even on a major pair.
Chinese Yuan is associated with Asia and Australian Dollar with Oceania, so each currency typically reacts to a different set of releases. CNY/AUD therefore tends to move when something specific happens in either home market: an interest-rate decision, an inflation print, a trade-balance number, or a political event that changes the perceived risk of holding that currency.
The number shown in the rate box is a daily reference rate: roughly the mid-market price at the time the public rate feed was published. It is a useful benchmark, but it is not the rate you would obtain at a bank, a card terminal, an ATM, or a money-transfer provider. Those providers add a margin to the mid-market rate (the "spread") and may charge a fixed or percentage fee on top. To estimate what a real transaction would actually cost, take the displayed reference rate and apply the provider's published spread and fee.
The 7-day and 30-day tables show one observation per day. They are useful for sanity-checking an unusual reading on the live rate against very recent values and for spotting any obvious trend over the last month. The 12-month chart on this page is built from monthly samples and is intended to show the general direction of CNY/AUD over a year rather than every short-term swing. For an intraday view of the same pair, the embedded chart further up the page draws on a finer-grained data source.
Like any exchange rate, CNY/AUD reflects the relative attractiveness of holding Chinese Yuan versus Australian Dollar. The most common drivers are:
Suppose the rate above is R. To convert an amount of Chinese Yuan, multiply by R: amount in AUD = amount in CNY × R. To go the other direction, divide instead: amount in CNY = amount in AUD ÷ R. The converter at the top of the page does this automatically and updates either input as you type. For an estimate of what a real bank or transfer service would deliver, subtract a typical retail spread (often a few tenths of a percent for major pairs and noticeably more for minor or exotic pairs) and any flat fee from the result.
If you arrived here looking for the inverse direction, the AUD to CNY page shows the same data presented the other way around. The guide on how exchange rates are quoted explains why the inverse rate is simply 1 ÷ R. To understand the gap between the figure on this page and what a bank actually offers, see the comparison of mid-market rates and consumer rates.
Related yuan pages include CNY to SGD, CNY to USD and AUD to CNY for the reverse direction.
The rate box above gives today's figure for one yuan in Australian dollars, and the common-amounts table extends it from 1 to 10,000 CNY. The two currencies are close enough in order of magnitude that the four-decimal reference figure is directly usable for everyday sums.
Effectively yes, with a nuance. Renminbi (RMB) is the name of the currency; yuan is the unit you count in, the way sterling is the currency and the pound is the unit. CNY is the ISO 4217 code for the onshore currency. You may also see CNH in trading systems — that is the offshore Hong Kong-traded market for the same currency, not a separate ISO code. The ISO 4217 currency code list covers the distinction.
Because the Australian dollar does most of the moving. The yuan is managed within a band around a daily central parity, while the AUD floats freely and is strongly linked to commodity prices — many of them driven by Chinese demand. In practice CNY/AUD often behaves as a proxy for Australian commodity sentiment rather than for yuan policy.
No. Retail conversions between yuan and Australian dollars carry a spread over the mid-market reference figure shown here, and Chinese capital-control rules can add documentation requirements on larger transfers. Compare the final AUD amount delivered, not the quoted rate.