Gold price in January 2021: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2021 at $1,847.30 an ounce, down 2.52% on the month. The highest close was $1,954.40 on 5 Jan and the lowest $1,829.90 on 15 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2021 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2020 close ($1,895.10).
Daily gold prices in January 2021 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4 Jan best day | $1,908.20 | $1,948.70 | $1,906.10 | $1,946.60 | +$51.50 | +2.72% |
| Tue 5 Jan | $1,946.00 | $1,957.00 | $1,938.40 | $1,954.40 | +$7.80 | +0.40% |
| Wed 6 Jan | $1,952.80 | $1,962.50 | $1,902.60 | $1,908.60 | −$45.80 | −2.34% |
| Thu 7 Jan | $1,921.50 | $1,929.60 | $1,907.50 | $1,913.60 | +$5.00 | +0.26% |
| Fri 8 Jan worst day | $1,915.20 | $1,918.40 | $1,827.80 | $1,835.40 | −$78.20 | −4.09% |
| Mon 11 Jan | $1,849.40 | $1,856.00 | $1,817.10 | $1,850.80 | +$15.40 | +0.84% |
| Tue 12 Jan | $1,845.40 | $1,864.00 | $1,835.80 | $1,844.20 | −$6.60 | −0.36% |
| Wed 13 Jan | $1,855.00 | $1,863.00 | $1,841.60 | $1,854.90 | +$10.70 | +0.58% |
| Thu 14 Jan | $1,845.60 | $1,857.60 | $1,826.60 | $1,851.40 | −$3.50 | −0.19% |
| Fri 15 Jan | $1,847.30 | $1,856.60 | $1,822.10 | $1,829.90 | −$21.50 | −1.16% |
| Tue 19 Jan | $1,828.80 | $1,845.00 | $1,800.80 | $1,840.20 | +$10.30 | +0.56% |
| Wed 20 Jan | $1,839.90 | $1,872.00 | $1,831.10 | $1,866.50 | +$26.30 | +1.43% |
| Thu 21 Jan | $1,871.00 | $1,874.60 | $1,857.50 | $1,865.90 | −$0.60 | −0.03% |
| Fri 22 Jan | $1,870.10 | $1,870.80 | $1,836.30 | $1,856.20 | −$9.70 | −0.52% |
| Mon 25 Jan | $1,855.30 | $1,867.40 | $1,846.20 | $1,855.20 | −$1.00 | −0.05% |
| Tue 26 Jan | $1,854.90 | $1,860.80 | $1,847.20 | $1,850.90 | −$4.30 | −0.23% |
| Wed 27 Jan | $1,849.70 | $1,851.50 | $1,828.40 | $1,844.90 | −$6.00 | −0.32% |
| Thu 28 Jan | $1,843.40 | $1,862.90 | $1,831.50 | $1,837.90 | −$7.00 | −0.38% |
| Fri 29 Jan | $1,842.00 | $1,876.00 | $1,838.70 | $1,847.30 | +$9.40 | +0.51% |
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
| January 2021 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,946.60 | $1,954.40 | $1,829.90 | $1,847.30 | −2.52% |
| Intraday | $1,908.20 | $1,962.50 6 Jan | $1,800.80 19 Jan | $1,847.30 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2021 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 January 2021: summary
Gold dropped 2.52% in January 2021, from $1,895.10 at the end of December 2020 to $1,847.30 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,829.90 on 15 January 2021 to $1,954.40 on 5 January 2021, a spread of $124.50 (6.6%), narrower than the 7.2% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 8 of 19 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 4 January 2021 (+2.72%) and the weakest 8 January 2021 (−4.09%).
The +2.72% move on 4 January 2021 was the largest one-day gain of 2021.
How January 2021 compares
- Against other Januaries: at −2.52%, January 2021 ranks 23rd of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 248th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 21% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $124.50, or 6.6% of the opening level, 0.9× the 7.2% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.89% (up or down), against 0.95% over the previous 12 months, so January 2021 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 6 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +16.70% over 12 months (against the January 2020 close of $1,582.90).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $1,866.04; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,867.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +3.17% and rose in 17 of them (68%). January 2021 lagged that average by 5.7 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2021 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,847.30 closing price equals about $2,365 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 262.7 in January 2021 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 2021
The gold price in 2021 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 January 2021?
Gold closed January 2021 at $1,847.30 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,946.60 and averaged $1,866.04 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,867.00.
Did gold go up in January 2021?
No. Gold was down 2.52% in January 2021, from $1,895.10 at the end of December 2020 to $1,847.30. It closed higher on 8 of 19 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 23rd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2021?
The highest close was $1,954.40 on 5 January 2021. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,962.50 on 6 January 2021.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2021?
The lowest close was $1,829.90 on 15 January 2021, $124.50 (6.6%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,800.80 on 19 January 2021.
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