Gold price in 2022

Gold's full-year performance in US dollars per troy ounce, with the annual average, highest and lowest monthly averages, final reported month and month-by-month changes.

12 monthly averages · January 2022 to December 2022 · USD per troy ounce

Annual return
+0.45%
Annual average
$1,800.75
12 monthly averages
Lowest month
$1,664.00
October 2022
Highest month
$1,948.00
March 2022
December average
$1,798.00
December 2022
Range
+17.07%
lowest to highest month

What happened to gold in 2022

Gold rose 0.45% to $1,798.00 per troy ounce on a monthly-average basis. The year's monthly averages averaged $1,800.75, with the lowest at $1,664.00 in October 2022 and the highest at $1,948.00 in March 2022. March was the strongest month at +4.96%, while July was the weakest at −5.66%.

Gold price chart for 2022

Gold price in 2022 in US dollars per troy ounce
2022 Range $1,664.00–$1,948.00 2022

World Bank monthly averages in USD per troy ounce; no missing month is interpolated.

Gold price by month in 2022

Monthly change compares each monthly average with the preceding month's average. These values smooth daily movement and are not month-end closes or intraday highs and lows.

Month Monthly average Change
January $1,816.00 +1.45%
February $1,856.00 +2.20%
March $1,948.00 +4.96%
April $1,937.00 −0.56%
May $1,849.00 −4.54%
June $1,837.00 −0.65%
July $1,733.00 −5.66%
August $1,765.00 +1.85%
September $1,681.00 −4.76%
October $1,664.00 −1.01%
November $1,725.00 +3.67%
December $1,798.00 +4.23%
Source and definition

These are monthly values from the World Bank Commodity Price Data under CC BY 4.0. Gold is defined as the spot average of daily rates from June 2025; earlier values are averages of the London afternoon fixing. See the history methodology.

Past returns do not predict future performance and exclude transaction costs, storage, tax and currency effects outside USD. See the risk disclaimer.