Berlin Tegel Airport (TLX) is the busiest airport in Berlin, the capital of Germany. If you’re planning to take an international flight there, you can do your currency exchange at Berlin Airport.
You can buy a ticket for the trip from Tegel Airport to the city by credit card so getting cash is not mandatory for getting into Berlin. If you feel that you will need Euro at Berlin Airport, bring some from your home country as currency exchange options at the airport are very limited and offer really bad value.
Currency Exchange Counters at Berlin Airport
At the time of our visit to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) we didn’t find many places to exchange currency. The only currency exchange counters we could find were operated by Travelex.
Two currency exchange counters of Travelex can be found at Berlin Tegel Airport:
- Travelex at the public area of Terminal A is open daily from 06:00 to 21:30
- Travelex at the public area of Terminal C is open daily from 05:30 to 22:00
Currency Exchange Rates at Berlin Airport
What currency exchange rates can be expected at Berlin Tegel Airport?
USD exchange rate at Berlin Airport
The official EUR to USD exchange rate at the time of our visit to Berlin Airport was 1.1143 US Dollar for 1 Euro, so the rate offered at the airport (0.9839 USD/EUR) was by 0.1304 USD or 11.7% lower than the market rate. Losing such a huge part of your money just for exchanging it doesn’t sound like a good deal.
GBP exchange rate at Berlin Airport
The official EUR to GBP exchange rate at the time was 0.9240 British Pound for 1 Euro, so the rate offered at TXL airport (0.8008 GBP/EUR) was by 0.1232 GBP or 13.3% lower than the market rate.
CAD exchange rate at Berlin Airport
The official EUR to CAD exchange rate at the time was 1.4841 Canadian Dollar for 1 Euro, so the exchange rate offered at Berlin Airport (1.2479 CAD/EUR) was by 0.2362 CAD or about 15.9% lower than the market rate.
CHF exchange rate at Berlin Airport
The official EUR to CHF exchange rate at the time was 1.0843 Swiss Franc for 1 Euro, so the rate offered at Tegel Airport (0.9340 CHF/EUR) was by 0.1503 CHF or about 13.9% lower than the market rate.
Exchange Commission at Berlin Airport
Currency exchange rates at Berlin Tegel Airport are already bad as the exchange margin is really huge. However, the situation is even worse because on top of this exchange margin they also charge commission. The commission charged depends on the amount of exchanged money:
- 2.99 EUR – for the amount 0-24.99 EUR
- 5.99 EUR – for the amount 25-99.99 EUR
- 6.99 EUR – for the amount 100-199.99 EUR
- 8.99 EUR – for the amount 200-299.99 EUR
- 11.99 EUR – for the amount 300+ EUR
For small amounts of exchanged money, your additional loses because of the charged commission can be more than 10%. If larger amount is exchanged, commission can be anywhere from 3-6%.
Commission and exchange margin makes currency exchange at Berlin Tegel Airport more like a robbery than fair deal.
Tips
There are plenty of ATMs at Berlin Tegel Airport so withdrawing your money from one of them is normally a better deal than exchanging your foreign currency there.