Malawian Kwacha (MWK) exchange rate API

Get live Malawian Kwacha (MWK) exchange rates and conversions against USD, EUR and 685+ other currencies and cryptocurrencies through the Xchanger REST API. One GET request per currency rate; free plan, no credit card required.

Xchanger quotes every asset against USD and refreshes rates in 10-minute windows, so you can pair MWK with any other supported currency or cryptoin a single request. The examples below show the exact requests and the shape of each response; values are illustrative — call the API for a live quote.

Get the MWK to USD exchange rate

Example request

curl "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/currency/exchange-rate?from=MWK&to=USD" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/currency/exchange-rate?from=MWK&to=USD",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.XCHANGER_API_KEY } },
);
const body = await res.json();
console.log(body);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/currency/exchange-rate",
    params={"from": "MWK", "to": "USD"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["XCHANGER_API_KEY"]},
)
print(res.json())

Example response (illustrative values)

{
  "data": {
    "from": "MWK",
    "to": "USD",
    "rate": 1.2345,
    "updated": "2026-06-09T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Convert 100 MWK to USD

Pass precision to round the result; omit it for full precision.

Example request

curl "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/currency/convert?from=MWK&to=USD&amount=100&precision=2" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/currency/convert?from=MWK&to=USD&amount=100&precision=2",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.XCHANGER_API_KEY } },
);
const body = await res.json();
console.log(body);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://backend-ejsq.onrender.com/api/currency/convert",
    params={"from": "MWK", "to": "USD", "amount": 100, "precision": 2},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["XCHANGER_API_KEY"]},
)
print(res.json())

Example response (illustrative values)

{
  "data": {
    "from": "MWK",
    "to": "USD",
    "amount": 100,
    "rate": 1.2345,
    "result": 123.45,
    "updated": "2026-06-09T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}