The price of gold gold in Dubai, in dirhams
A Dubai counter quotes gold by weight, and the tola still sits on the ticket beside the gram. This site shows what a given weight costs at the counter, what the metal inside it is worth at the London price, and the gap between the two in dirhams.
Dubai sells gold by weight, and the tola is still quoted beside the gram, so the same percentage means different money on each.
The counter price sits above the London metal price, and what fills that gap is the cost of getting gold into a form you can carry.
A published rate never includes the making charge a shop adds to a finished piece, and that charge is the part you can negotiate.
What a weight costs, and what the metal in it is worth
Counter price read: 30.09.2026 15:37| Weight bought | 24K | 22K | Saved at the till | Fine gold given up | Same fine gold in 22K costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One gram | AED 504 | AED 467 | AED 38 | 0.082 g | AED 4 |
| Five grams | AED 2,522 | AED 2,335 | AED 188 | 0.412 g | AED 22 |
| Ten grams | AED 5,045 | AED 4,670 | AED 375 | 0.823 g | AED 44 |
| One tola | AED 5,884 | AED 5,447 | AED 437 | 0.960 g | AED 52 |
| One troy ounce | AED 15,692 | AED 14,525 | AED 1,166 | 2.560 g | AED 138 |
The trade body publishes a suggested retail price per gram; every weight below is that price multiplied out, with the London metal beside it.
What a Dubai counter price contains
By the tola
Why the tola survives beside the gram, and what it costs to end up with the same amount of gold in a lighter karat.
02Above the metal
What sits inside the gap between the Dubai counter and the London metal price, and what that gap cannot tell you.
03Making charges
The cost no published price includes, how it is quoted, and why it never appears in any rate.
04Bars, coins, pieces
The same metal in three forms, and what changes on the way in and on the way out of each.
05Tax on gold
How value added tax meets a gold purchase in the Emirates, and where the investment-grade exception sits.
A position on gold that never goes on a scale
An FxPro account deals in the price of gold rather than the metal: nothing is weighed, nothing is delivered and no making charge is added, because there is no piece to make. It is a different proposition from buying at a counter, and worth understanding as one before it is mistaken for the other.