Gold price history
Gold price in 2026
Gold averaged $4,552 an ounce in 2026 so far. That was +32.3% on 2025.
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What happened in 2026
Gold passed $5,000 for the first time and set its all-time high, about $5,595 an ounce, during trading on 29 January 2026. It then fell back as US bond rates climbed and the Fed raised rates in September.
Month by month in 2026
| Month | Average price |
|---|---|
| January | $4,753 |
| February | $5,020 |
| March | $4,856 |
| April | $4,721 |
| May | $4,587 |
| June | $4,228 |
| July | $4,073 |
| August | $4,411 |
| September | $4,319 |
2026 on the long-run chart
The large dot is 2026. 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 2026?
Gold averaged about $4,552 an ounce in 2026 so far. The highest month was February ($5,020) and the lowest was July ($4,073).
How much is gold now compared with 2026?
See the live figure at the top of this page. It compares today's price with the 2026 average of $4,552. Past prices don't tell you what gold will do next.
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