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 included when live spot and FX inputs are available.

Real dealer gold prices for United Arab Emirates are coming online — this API tracks karat-based retail rates (24k/22k/21k/18k) following the dgjg twice-daily reference, quoted per gram.

Dealer quotes

Data coming online. United Arab Emirates dealer prices are being tracked from 1 source, and this page will show live sell/buyback quotes with premium-over-spot as soon as the feed goes live. No placeholder numbers — real dealer prices only.

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 AED at 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. The API includes a nullable field (premium_over_spot_bps) on every quote: it is computed when live spot, FX, and stated-purity inputs are available, and is otherwise null rather than fabricated.

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.
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