Gold Calculator UAE – Price of 1 g, 5 g, 10 g, 20 g, 50 g, 100 g, 1 Tola and 1 kg Today

How the gold calculator works: the formula behind every price

Every figure on this page comes from one chain of multiplications. The international market quotes gold in US dollars per troy ounce. Divide that by 31.1035 to get the dollar price per gram of pure gold, multiply by 3.6725 to convert to dirhams at the official peg, and you have the 24K gram rate in AED. The calculator then applies the purity of the karat you choose and multiplies by your weight:

Metal value = gram rate (24K) × purity × weight in grams

Purity is 0.999 for 24K, 0.916 for 22K, 0.875 for 21K and 0.750 for 18K. Because those ratios never change, you can work out any karat from any other: a 22K price is always 91.6% of the 24K price, and an 18K price is always 75% of it. Shops in the UAE use exactly this arithmetic, which is why the number on the board in Deira matches the number here to within the timing of the last update.

Weights are converted the same way. One tola is 11.6638 g, one troy ounce is 31.1035 g and one kilo is 1,000 g, so a tola price is simply the gram rate multiplied by 11.6638. Nothing on this page is a dated price; everything is recalculated from the live rate when you open it.

1 gram gold price in the UAE: the number everything else is built on

The 1 gram gold rate in the UAE is the building block for every quote you will hear. Jewellers quote per gram, buyers of scrap pay per gram, and even bars are priced as a gram rate plus a small premium. When you see the 24K gram rate on the home page, that is the pure-metal figure; the 22K and 21K lines below it are the same number scaled by purity.

Why does the 1 g figure matter if nobody buys a single gram? Because it is the unit you multiply. A ring weighing 3.4 g at 21K costs 3.4 × the 21K gram rate before labour. A chain weighing 12.8 g at 22K costs 12.8 × the 22K gram rate. If you keep today's gram rate in your head when you walk into a shop, you can check any tag in seconds and know how much of it is metal and how much is the shop's work.

5 gram, 10 gram and 20 gram gold price in Dubai: typical jewellery weights

These three weights cover most of what sells in the souk. A 5 gram gold price in the UAE is the budget for a pair of everyday earrings, a small pendant or a slim ring. Ten grams is the classic unit for a bangle, a medium chain or a thin bracelet, and it is the figure most Dubai jewellers quote when you ask "how much is a bangle". Twenty grams covers a heavier chain, a pair of broad bangles or a small necklace.

Worked example

Suppose a 22K bangle weighs 10 g and the shop charges a making charge of 8% of the metal value. The sum is:

• Metal value = 10 × (22K gram rate)
• Making charges = 8% × metal value
• Subtotal = metal value × 1.08
• VAT at 5% = subtotal × 0.05
• Total = metal value × 1.08 × 1.05 = metal value × 1.134

In other words, an 8% labour charge plus VAT adds about 13.4% to the metal value. With a per-gram making charge instead of a percentage, add the charge multiplied by the weight before applying VAT. Enter the weight in the calculator above, set the karat to 22K and add your shop's charge to get the total in dirhams for today's rate. The making charges guide explains what a fair charge looks like for each type of piece.

1 tola gold price in Dubai and why it matters to South Asian buyers

The tola is the traditional weight unit of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, and in Dubai it still appears on bar labels and in conversations at the counter. One tola is 11.6638 grams, so the 1 tola gold price in Dubai is the gram rate multiplied by 11.6638. Ten-tola bars, weighing 116.638 g, were the standard trading bar in the Gulf for decades and are still sold in Deira.

If you are comparing with a rate quoted back home, remember that Indian and Pakistani rates are usually per 10 grams or per tola, in rupees, and include local duty and tax. The Dubai gold rate in Indian rupees page converts the live Dubai rate into rupees per 10 g and per tola so the comparison is like for like. The calculator here lets you type "1 tola" directly or enter 11.6638 g, and switch between 24K and 22K, which is the karat most tola jewellery is made in.

Customs allowances for carrying gold home are set in grams and rupees, not tolas, so convert before you travel; the guide to carrying gold from Dubai to India lists the current limits.

50 gram, 100 gram and 1 kg gold price: bars and bulk buying

Above about 20 grams you move from jewellery into bar territory, and the arithmetic changes in one important way: there are no making charges, but there is a small premium over the spot rate, and investment-grade bars of 99% purity or more carry no VAT in the UAE. A 50 gram gold price or 100 gram gold price in Dubai is therefore closer to the pure metal value than any jewellery purchase can be.

Worked example for a 100 g bar

• Metal value = 100 × (24K gram rate)
• Dealer premium = a small percentage or a fixed amount per bar, typically lower for larger bars
• VAT = zero for 99%+ purity bars
• Total = metal value + premium

A 1 kg gold price is the gram rate multiplied by 1,000 plus the premium, and the premium per gram on a kilo bar is usually the lowest of any product. The gold bars price page has a live table for 1 g to 1 kg bars from the common refiners and explains how to check the assay card and serial number.

One caution: a kilo bar is hard to sell in part. Many residents saving regularly prefer several 50 g or 100 g bars so they can sell one when they need cash without touching the rest. The VAT on gold page explains the purity threshold that separates zero-rated bars from taxable jewellery.

Today's 22K gold rate in the UAE for 10 grams and other karat comparisons

The most searched combination in the country is the 22K gold rate for 10 grams, because it is the price of a standard bangle for Indian and Pakistani families. Arab buyers ask the same question about 21K, and anyone buying a diamond ring needs the 18K figure. The table below shows how the weight and karat combine; the calculator above fills in the live number.

"Rate" in every cell is today's 24K gram price in dirhams. Multiply once and you have the metal value for any line; add labour and VAT for jewellery, or a premium for bars.

How to estimate the value of your own gold jewellery

The calculator is just as useful for gold you already own. You need two facts: the weight and the karat. For the weight, a kitchen scale that reads to 0.1 g is adequate for an estimate; any jeweller in Karama or the Gold Souk will weigh a piece for free on a calibrated scale. For the karat, look for the stamp: 999 or 24K, 916 or 22K, 875 or 21K, 750 or 18K, 585 or 14K. Our karats guide shows where the stamp is usually hidden on each type of piece.

Enter the weight and karat, leave making charges at zero, and the result is the metal value at today's rate. When you actually sell gold in Dubai, expect an offer slightly below this figure, because the buyer keeps a margin and may deduct for stones, solder or wear. Stones are weighed with the piece but have no gold value, so a heavy stone-set necklace is worth less per gram than its scale weight suggests.

Use the same estimate when you are offered a gold loan; lenders set the limit as a percentage of this metal value, never of the price you paid including labour.