Gold Prices
WEBLive gold prices by country and karat (24K, 22K, 21K, 18K, 14K) with a real price chart and previous-day history.
What is the Gold Prices tool?
Check the gold price today for your country in one place — live per-gram rates for every karat people actually trade: 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K. Pick a country (or let the page detect it) and the table shows the gold price per gram in your local currency, with separate sell and buy-back columns so you see both sides of the counter. The ounce price appears in local currency and US dollars, and the gold pound (8 grams of 21K) is priced alongside — the everyday reference in Egypt, where 21K is the market standard.
A real gold price chart tracks the rate over a week, a month, three months, a year, five years or the full history, and a previous-days table lists yesterday's rates and the days before it, so today's number always has context. Rates come from live market data feeds and are converted to your currency at the current exchange rate. The page reads prices — it never asks who you are, and there is no account or sign-up.
Unlike bullion sites that lead with the spot ounce in dollars, Carbide breaks the rate down to the per-gram price of each karat by country — the number you actually hear at a jeweller. When you want to value a specific piece, the gold calculator continues from here with weight, karat and making charge, and the karat converter translates weights between purities. Free, phone-first, and fully available in Arabic.
How to use the Gold Prices
- Open the gold prices page and confirm the detected country, or pick another one from the list.
- Read the per-gram table: one row per karat — 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K — with the sell price and the buy-back price in your local currency.
- Check the ounce price in your currency and in US dollars, plus the gold pound (8 g of 21K).
- Switch the chart range — 1W, 1M, 3M, 1Y, 5Y or Max — to see how the rate has been moving.
- Scan the previous-days table to compare today's rate against yesterday and the days before.
Frequently asked questions
How is the gold price per gram calculated from the ounce?
The world price is quoted in US dollars per troy ounce (31.1035 grams). Divide by 31.1035 to get the 24K dollar price per gram, multiply by the exchange rate to get it in your currency, then scale by purity: each karat is worth karat ÷ 24 of the 24K price, so 21K is 87.5% and 18K is 75%.
Why is 21K the standard gold karat in Egypt?
Egyptian jewellery has long been made and traded mainly in 21K — at 87.5% purity it keeps a high gold content while staying hard enough for everyday wear. That is why local price quotes usually lead with the 21K gram price, while 24K is reserved for bars and 18K for lighter, stone-set pieces.
What is the difference between the sell price and the buy price?
The sell price is what you pay a shop per gram; the buy-back price is what a shop pays you for the same gram. The gap is the dealer's spread, and when selling jewellery the making charge you originally paid is not refunded — shops pay for metal, not labour.
Where do the prices come from, and how live are they?
Rates are fetched from live market data sources and converted at the current exchange rate each time the page loads. They track the world spot market closely, but a shop counter adds local premiums and making charges, so treat these as the metal reference, not a final invoice.
Is the gold price page free — do I need an account?
Yes, completely free. There is no sign-up, no account and no limit on how often you check — open the page and the rates are there, on desktop or on your phone.
What data does the page send when I use it?
It fetches live metal prices and exchange rates from market data sources — that lookup is the only network traffic. Your country choice just selects which currency to display; no personal details are collected and no account exists to tie anything to.
How is this different from goldprice.org or Kitco?
Those sites lead with the spot ounce in US dollars. Carbide shows the per-gram price of every karat — 24K down to 14K — by country in the local currency, with buy-back prices, a chart, previous-day history and full Arabic. It is a neutral reference, not a bullion shop.
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