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Today’s gold rate in Dubai, a live AED currency converter, the silver price, and this month’s fuel rates, all in one place. If you’re comparing today’s 22k gold rate in UAE before a purchase, or just want the UAE gold rate today 24k before transferring money home, the tables below pull from the same national benchmark used from Abu Dhabi to Sharjah. Reference figures are dated below each table, and the converter pulls live exchange data every time this page loads.
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Metal-content value only. Jewellery bills add making charges and VAT on top of this rate. Confirm the exact quote with your jeweller before buying. Why is my shop quote higher?
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The number in the table above is the value of the metal itself, nothing more. Two markets set it. Gold trades globally against the US dollar through the twice-daily LBMA benchmark in London, and the UAE dirham has been pegged to the dollar since 1997 at a fixed 3.6725. When the dollar gold price moves, the AED gold rate moves with it within minutes, because the currency side of the equation never changes.
What you pay at the till is different. Jewellers add a making charge, usually a flat amount per gram rather than a percentage of the gold price, plus 5% VAT. That is why two shops quoting the same 22K rate can still hand you different final bills, and why the rate on this page will almost never match your receipt exactly. Ask for the making charge as a separate line before you agree to buy, and you can compare shops properly instead of comparing headline rates.
Because the dirham is pegged to the dollar, sending money out of the UAE really comes down to how the dollar is doing against the receiving currency that day. A stronger dollar generally means a stronger dirham, which means more rupees, pesos or taka land on the other end for the same transfer. Many residents already work this into their routine, checking the rate before a transfer the way they would check traffic before a drive, and holding off a day or two if the number looks soft.
None of this is a signal to time the market aggressively. Exchange houses also add their own margin and fee on top of the interbank rate shown by converters like the one above, so the number you see here is a starting point for comparison, not the exact rate you will be offered at the counter.
The UAE deregulated petrol and diesel pricing in 2015, tying pump prices to global oil benchmarks instead of a fixed subsidy. Since then, a government committee has announced revised rates on the last day of each month, effective the 1st. Prices climbed for four straight months into June 2026 as the Middle East conflict disrupted supply routes, then eased in July as global oil prices cooled and the UAE’s May exit from Opec and Opec+ added to supply expectations. The mechanism is simple even when the number moves a lot: local pump prices track international crude, adjusted once a month rather than daily.
Residents here typically split between physical gold, jewellery bought partly for wear and partly as savings, and increasingly, digital or fractional gold products offered by banks and exchanges. Silver draws a different crowd. It costs far less per gram, so smaller, regular purchases are more practical, and industrial demand gives it a second driver that gold does not have. Most long-term buyers treat both as a slow accumulation habit rather than something to trade around every daily swing, which is worth keeping in mind before reacting to any single day’s number on this page.
See the UAE Gold Rate table above for the current 24K, 22K, 21K and 18K rates per gram, tola and ounce. The figure is the metal value only, before making charges and VAT.
Jewellers add a making charge and 5% VAT on top of the metal rate. Ask for the making charge as a separate line item so you can compare it across shops.
The UAE dirham has been pegged to the US dollar since 1997, fixed at 3.6725. Its value against every other currency moves in line with how the dollar is doing against that currency on a given day.
Fuel pricing was deregulated in 2015. A government committee reviews global oil trends once a month and announces new pump prices on the last day of the month, effective the 1st of the next.
Silver costs less per gram, which makes small, regular purchases more practical for some buyers. It also has industrial demand alongside jewellery and investment demand. This page is informational and not investment advice.
The currency converter fetches live exchange data on every page load. Gold, silver and fuel figures are reference rates dated at the top of each table and are refreshed manually.
“Rates on this page are for general information only and are not financial, investment or tax advice. Gold, silver and fuel figures are indicative reference rates and can differ from the exact quote you receive from a bank, exchange house or jeweller. Confirm before you transact.”
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