Gold Rate in UAE Today – Rates by Emirate, Karat and Currency

One gold rate for all seven emirates

The first thing to know is that there is no separate gold rate for Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Sharjah. The daily retail rate published by the Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group is used by jewellers across the UAE, because every one of them buys and sells the same metal at the same international price converted into dirhams at the fixed peg of 3.6725. The emirate pages exist because people search for them, and because the shops, souks and buying habits differ from city to city even though the metal does not.

So when you open gold rate in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Al Ain, Fujairah or Ras Al Khaimah, you will see the same live board as here, followed by what is specific to that emirate: where the gold shops are, what the local market is known for, and how making charges tend to compare with Deira. Use the emirate page for the local knowledge and this hub for the number.

Gold rate by karat: 24K, 22K, 21K and 18K

The board quotes four purities, and the relationship between them never changes: 24K is 999 fine, 22K is 916, 21K is 875 and 18K is 750. Multiply the 24K gram rate by the purity and you get the rate for that karat. Each karat has its own page with the live price, weight conversions and a plain explanation of who buys it and why.

• 24K gold rate – the pure price, used for bars, coins and as the reference for everything else.
• 22K gold rate – the standard for Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi jewellery, bridal sets and heavy bangles.
• 21K gold rate – the favourite of Emirati, Gulf, Egyptian and Levantine buyers; harder-wearing with a deep yellow colour.
• 18K gold rate – diamond-set and designer pieces, white and rose gold, and most European brands.

If you are not sure which page you need, look at the stamp on the piece you own or plan to buy: 999, 916, 875 or 750. The karats explained guide covers what the alloy does to colour, durability and resale value.

Calculator, history and the live chart

Three tools sit alongside the rate pages. The gold calculator turns the gram rate into a figure for any weight you type: 5 g for a pair of earrings, 10 g for a chain, a tola for a bar, 100 g or a kilo for a serious purchase, and it lets you switch karat so you can compare a 22K bangle with an 18K bracelet of the same weight. Jewellers quote heavy pieces in multiples of 10 g, so the 10 g line is the most useful one to remember.

The gold rate history page shows how the UAE gram rate has moved over the past weeks, months and years, which helps if you are deciding whether to buy a wedding set now or wait for a dip. The live gold chart is the intraday view: it follows the international price minute by minute, so you can see whether today's rate is rising or falling before you leave for the souk. Neither page predicts the future; they simply show what has happened so you can decide with context.

The spot price in dollars and how the Dubai rate is set

Behind every number on the board is one figure: the international spot price of gold in US dollars per troy ounce. The spot price page shows that figure live, explains the ounce-to-gram conversion (one troy ounce is 31.1035 g) and shows why the AED rate moves exactly with the dollar price. Because the dirham is pegged, there is no currency risk between the two; a 1% rise in the dollar price is a 1% rise in the dirham price.

The how the Dubai gold rate is set page follows the chain from the spot market to the board in the shop window: who publishes the retail rate, how often it changes during the day, why newspaper rates sometimes differ from the one on the wall, and why the selling rate is a little lower than the buying rate. Read it once and the numbers in every jeweller will make sense.

Dubai gold rate in Indian rupees, Pakistani rupees and other currencies

Many residents compare the Dubai rate with the price back home before buying, so two pages convert it for you. The Dubai gold rate in Indian rupees shows the live AED rate converted to INR per gram and per 10 g, next to a description of how Indian retail prices are built so you can see where the difference comes from. The PKR, NPR and LKR page does the same for Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Philippines, including the per-tola figure Pakistani and Nepali buyers are used to.

A conversion tells you the metal value, not the final bill. Add the making charge, 5% VAT in the UAE, and any customs duty when you carry gold home, and the gap narrows. The guides on whether gold is cheaper in Dubai and carrying gold to India walk through the full comparison.

How to use these pages before you buy or sell

A simple routine works well. Check the board on this page or the home page for today's rate in the karat you want. Run the weight through the calculator to get the metal value. In the shop, ask for the price breakdown: metal, making charge and VAT. If the metal line matches the board within a dirham or two per gram, the quote is honest and only the making charge is open to negotiation. When selling, expect the day's rate for your karat minus a small margin, and nothing back for the labour you paid originally.