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Gold price history

Gold price in 1991

Gold averaged $362 an ounce in 1991. That was −5.5% on 1990.

1991 average$362
Highest month$384Jan
Lowest month$349Sep

Gold today: …

Month by month in 1991

MonthAverage price
January$384
February$364
March$363
April$358
May$357
June$367
July$368
August$356
September$349
October$359
November$360
December$362

1991 on the long-run chart

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The large dot is 1991. Yearly averages, log scale.

Yearly and monthly figures are averages of daily prices, in US dollars per troy ounce. Source: World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet), CC BY 4.0, via the open gold-prices dataset. Daily highs and lows were higher and lower than the monthly averages. Latest month in the data: September 2026.

Questions people ask

What was the price of gold in 1991?

Gold averaged about $362 an ounce in 1991. The highest month was January ($384) and the lowest was September ($349).

How much is gold now compared with 1991?

See the live figure at the top of this page. It compares today's price with the 1991 average of $362. Past prices don't tell you what gold will do next.

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