Get the best Swiss Franc to Euro rate today in France

Yes, it is. If you want to guarantee the CHF-EUR price you see on our result page. But also if you want to make sure that the travel money provider won´t charge you a commission.

In France you can fall into the hands of some travel money providers with a bad reputation that charge their users a significant commission when changing francs CHFs to euros directly from their offices without having previously booked on their Internet site.

In France you can sell francs suisses for euros fundamentally at your bank or at the currency suppliers. Generally banks apply a fixed commission ranging between 2.5% and 3% with a minimum of 6 to 10 euros for each travel money you do with them.

This applies when you obtain currency and when you change back your surplus to euros. This means that if you exchange the equivalent of 100 euros from francs suisses to euros, in addition to the CHF-EUR exchange rate of the day, you will pay between 6 and 10 extra euros as commission. Currency providers that advertise no commission are more interesting since they do not impose you this fee.

Comparer Devise displays the CHF-EUR exchange prices of the day and sorts them from most to least interesting to help you choose well where to change your francs suisses to euros.

In France, foreign currency suppliers and some banks are starting to propose online currency exchange services to their clients when you sell CHFs to euros online.

You just have to make a franc suisse to euro reservation. Then select a branch of the provider where to pick the euros from. And the date you will go to the chosen agency.

Bear in mind that rates vary each day so it will be necessary to order online the same day you will head to the agency.

Comparer Devise is a currency exchange comparison engine that helps you change your francs de Suisse for euros at the best exchange rate each day in France. Our objective is for you to save when exchanging currency for your stay in France, and also if you travel abroad and want to buy francs de Suisse with euros.

To receive the best CHF-EUR exchange rate of the day, browse to the foreign currency you want to change, type in the quantity of francs de Suisse you need to change to euros and select your city in order to get the nearest currency exchange office.

As a rule, you will get the best foreign exchange prices with us rather than directly at your bank or currency supplier because we have negotiated rates.

Normally, when you change francs suisses to euros at your bank office, they will already know their customers and you will only need to identify yourself as a client of that entity.

When you change francs suisses to euros at a travel money supplier´s store, at the airport or on the street, you will have to provide an updated and valid ID card (passport or resident´s identity card called carte nationale d´identité in France). Take into account that the driver's license is not accepted as a valid identification document when changing francs suisses to Euros.

Currency exchange is a poorly transparent market in France.

When you buy or sell francs CHFs with euros or francs CHFs in exchange for euros at a bank or at the airport, you are paying more.

French banks practically impose on you a commission of 3% on the francs CHFs that you pruchase or sell from/to them.

And the currency provider at the airport charges you a very expensive price taking advantage of the fact that you passed through there.

Balancing prices in a comparison engine like our website that includes 5 currency providers in France is the best way to get more francs CHFs for the same euros.

There isn´t a best time to sell francs suisses to euros because the franc suisse to euro prices oscillate at all times depending on the strengths of the economies of the Euro countries with respect to the countries that use francs suisses.

It is, however, recommended to be informed about events such as Brexit, major sporting events or wars like the Ukraine one, where the rates of a currency can be altered upwards or downwards with respect to the Euro.

Although it is impossible to estimate how the franc suisse to euro prices will evolve, at Comparer Devise we help you to sell francs suisses to euros at the best rates of the day in France.

Travel money suppliers in France usually cap the maximum amount of foreign currency to be bought from franc suisse to euro to the equivalent in euros to 3,000 to 6,000 euros per calendar quarter.

This is a requirement the AML regulations. If you have to change a larger amount of francs to Euros, it is advisable to speak directly with the currency provider.

They might demand from you additional documentation and proof of the source of your francs (identity document, passport, certificate of professional activity, income statements, etc.).

When you return to France from your trip, you can change your remaining CHFs at your nearest of the different holiday money supplier´s offices that participate on the Comparer Devise grid.

Then click/tap on the Sell your currency tab and search for your leftover currency and then enter the amount of franc suisse banknotes you have. Please do not include loose coins, because these suppliers will not accept them.

Foreign currency banknotes such as the franc suisse or the euro are totally the same in all locations: currency providers at the airport, at the city center or your bank. If you look for price, Comparer Devise helps you obtain the best franc suisse to euro exchange price of the day, freely.

If you are interested in trust, convenience and security, it is best to collect directly your euros in exchange for your francs CHFs at a branch near your hotel, home or office. You can find these alternatives on this results page you are now looking at.