Gold price history
Gold price in 2013
Gold averaged $1,412 an ounce in 2013. That was −15.4% on 2012.
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What happened in 2013
Gold fell about 28% across the year, its biggest yearly drop in decades, as the Fed signalled less support.
Month by month in 2013
| Month | Average price |
|---|---|
| January | $1,672 |
| February | $1,628 |
| March | $1,593 |
| April | $1,488 |
| May | $1,414 |
| June | $1,343 |
| July | $1,286 |
| August | $1,352 |
| September | $1,349 |
| October | $1,317 |
| November | $1,276 |
| December | $1,222 |
2013 on the long-run chart
The large dot is 2013. 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 2013?
Gold averaged about $1,412 an ounce in 2013. The highest month was January ($1,672) and the lowest was December ($1,222).
How much is gold now compared with 2013?
See the live figure at the top of this page. It compares today's price with the 2013 average of $1,412. Past prices don't tell you what gold will do next.
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