Gold price in December 2020: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2020 at $1,895.10 an ounce, up 6.72% on the month. The highest close was $1,895.10 on 31 Dec and the lowest $1,814.10 on 1 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2020 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2020 close ($1,775.70).
Daily gold prices in December 2020 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Dec best day | $1,775.00 | $1,815.90 | $1,774.90 | $1,814.10 | +$38.40 | +2.16% |
| Wed 2 Dec | $1,819.10 | $1,835.70 | $1,810.50 | $1,830.20 | +$16.10 | +0.89% |
| Thu 3 Dec | $1,833.90 | $1,847.40 | $1,826.70 | $1,841.10 | +$10.90 | +0.60% |
| Fri 4 Dec | $1,844.70 | $1,852.70 | $1,832.00 | $1,840.00 | −$1.10 | −0.06% |
| Mon 7 Dec | $1,841.10 | $1,873.00 | $1,824.80 | $1,866.00 | +$26.00 | +1.41% |
| Tue 8 Dec | $1,866.10 | $1,879.80 | $1,863.90 | $1,874.90 | +$8.90 | +0.48% |
| Wed 9 Dec worst day | $1,875.40 | $1,875.90 | $1,828.20 | $1,838.50 | −$36.40 | −1.94% |
| Thu 10 Dec | $1,843.00 | $1,854.20 | $1,831.50 | $1,837.40 | −$1.10 | −0.06% |
| Fri 11 Dec | $1,840.00 | $1,851.80 | $1,826.80 | $1,843.60 | +$6.20 | +0.34% |
| Mon 14 Dec | $1,845.00 | $1,845.60 | $1,820.00 | $1,832.10 | −$11.50 | −0.62% |
| Tue 15 Dec | $1,830.50 | $1,859.30 | $1,828.50 | $1,855.30 | +$23.20 | +1.27% |
| Wed 16 Dec | $1,857.70 | $1,870.00 | $1,848.20 | $1,859.10 | +$3.80 | +0.20% |
| Thu 17 Dec | $1,868.40 | $1,902.00 | $1,865.90 | $1,890.40 | +$31.30 | +1.68% |
| Fri 18 Dec | $1,891.30 | $1,895.70 | $1,881.90 | $1,888.90 | −$1.50 | −0.08% |
| Mon 21 Dec | $1,892.90 | $1,912.00 | $1,859.00 | $1,882.80 | −$6.10 | −0.32% |
| Tue 22 Dec | $1,883.00 | $1,889.40 | $1,863.70 | $1,870.30 | −$12.50 | −0.66% |
| Wed 23 Dec | $1,865.60 | $1,883.70 | $1,860.90 | $1,878.10 | +$7.80 | +0.42% |
| Thu 24 Dec | $1,877.30 | $1,887.40 | $1,873.10 | $1,883.20 | +$5.10 | +0.27% |
| Mon 28 Dec | $1,887.00 | $1,904.10 | $1,873.00 | $1,880.40 | −$2.80 | −0.15% |
| Tue 29 Dec | $1,878.00 | $1,891.30 | $1,875.60 | $1,882.90 | +$2.50 | +0.13% |
| Wed 30 Dec | $1,881.80 | $1,899.00 | $1,879.50 | $1,893.40 | +$10.50 | +0.56% |
| Thu 31 Dec | $1,899.00 | $1,904.90 | $1,889.10 | $1,895.10 | +$1.70 | +0.09% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| December 2020 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,814.10 | $1,895.10 | $1,814.10 | $1,895.10 | +6.72% |
| Intraday | $1,775.00 | $1,912.00 21 Dec | $1,774.90 1 Dec | $1,895.10 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2020 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in December 2020: summary
Gold jumped 6.72% in December 2020, from $1,775.70 at the end of November 2020 to $1,895.10 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 14 of 22 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 1 December 2020 (+2.16%) and the weakest 9 December 2020 (−1.94%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,814.10 on 1 December 2020 to $1,895.10 on 31 December 2020, a spread of $81.00 (4.6%), narrower than the 7.2% average of the previous 12 months.
It ended a run of 3 straight monthly losses.
How December 2020 compares
- Against other Decembers: at +6.72%, December 2020 ranks 4th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 35th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 89% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $81.00, or 4.6% of the opening level, 0.6× the 7.2% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.65% (up or down), against 0.93% over the previous 12 months, so December 2020 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +24.72% for 2020 to the end of December and +24.72% over 12 months (against the December 2019 close of $1,519.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,862.63; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,858.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.24% and rose in 16 of them (64%). December 2020 beat that average by 5.5 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Decembers side by side.
December 2020 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,895.10 closing price equals about $2,432 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 262.0 in December 2020 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 28% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2020
The gold price in 2020 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in December 2020?
Gold closed December 2020 at $1,895.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,814.10 and averaged $1,862.63 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,858.00.
Did gold go up in December 2020?
Yes. Gold was up 6.72% in December 2020, from $1,775.70 at the end of November 2020 to $1,895.10. It closed higher on 14 of 22 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 4th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2020?
The highest close was $1,895.10 on 31 December 2020. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,912.00 on 21 December 2020.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2020?
The lowest close was $1,814.10 on 1 December 2020, $81.00 (4.6%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,774.90 on 1 December 2020.
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