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Gold price history

Gold price in 1992

Gold averaged $344 an ounce in 1992. That was −5.1% on 1991.

1992 average$344
Highest month$354Jan
Lowest month$335Nov

Gold today: …

Month by month in 1992

MonthAverage price
January$354
February$354
March$344
April$339
May$337
June$341
July$353
August$343
September$345
October$344
November$335
December$335

1992 on the long-run chart

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The large dot is 1992. 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 1992?

Gold averaged about $344 an ounce in 1992. The highest month was January ($354) and the lowest was November ($335).

How much is gold now compared with 1992?

See the live figure at the top of this page. It compares today's price with the 1992 average of $344. Past prices don't tell you what gold will do next.

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