Gold Price in the UAE (AED)
What gold actually costs in United Arab Emirates
Real dealer prices — not spot converted to AED — with the premium over international spot as a first-class field.
United Arab Emirates dealer gold prices are tracked from 5 sources, priced in AED, with the premium over international spot computed per quote.
Dealer quotes
| Source | Brand | Product | Sell | Buyback | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dubaicityofgold | — | retail 14k | 295.25 | — | — |
| dubaicityofgold | — | retail 18k | 378.50 | — | — |
| dubaicityofgold | — | retail 21k | 441.50 | — | — |
| dubaicityofgold | — | retail 22k | 460.50 | — | — |
| dubaicityofgold | — | retail 24k | 497.25 | — | — |
What is premium over spot?
Premium over spot is the percentage gap between a dealer's quoted sell price and the international spot price, converted to AEDat the live exchange rate. It captures dealer margin, import costs, refining, and local demand — the reason two dealers in the same city can quote different prices for the same purity of gold. A higher premium means you're paying more above the raw metal value; this API surfaces it as a first-class field (premium_over_spot_bps) for every quote instead of leaving buyers to compute it themselves.
Gold in United Arab Emirates
The UAE, and Dubai in particular, is a global gold retail and re-export hub — the Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DGJG) publishes twice-daily reference rates that the emirate's souks and retail chains price against. Despite this official benchmark existing publicly, no self-serve API coverage of UAE gold rates existed before this feed — a pure greenfield gap per the demand-signal research.
Convention: Karat-based retail rates (24K/22K/21K/18K) following the DGJG twice-daily reference, quoted per gram.
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Frequently asked
What is the DGJG gold rate?
The Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DGJG) publishes an official reference gold rate twice daily, which Dubai's souks and retail jewellery chains use as their pricing basis across karats.Which karats are quoted for UAE gold?
24K, 22K, 21K, and 18K — the standard retail karat ladder sold across Dubai and the wider UAE, each derived from the same per-gram spot reference at different purity ratios.