Gold price in August 2021: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed August 2021 at $1,818.10 an ounce, up 0.30% on the month. The highest close was $1,822.20 on 2 Aug and the lowest $1,726.50 on 9 Aug. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, August 2021 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = July 2021 close ($1,812.60).
Daily gold prices in August 2021 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Aug | $1,817.00 | $1,823.20 | $1,808.20 | $1,822.20 | +$9.60 | +0.53% |
| Tue 3 Aug | $1,816.80 | $1,818.20 | $1,809.50 | $1,814.10 | −$8.10 | −0.44% |
| Wed 4 Aug | $1,813.70 | $1,835.90 | $1,808.30 | $1,814.50 | +$0.40 | +0.02% |
| Thu 5 Aug | $1,814.90 | $1,817.90 | $1,799.70 | $1,808.90 | −$5.60 | −0.31% |
| Fri 6 Aug worst day | $1,806.70 | $1,807.00 | $1,759.50 | $1,763.10 | −$45.80 | −2.53% |
| Mon 9 Aug | $1,765.00 | $1,765.70 | $1,677.90 | $1,726.50 | −$36.60 | −2.08% |
| Tue 10 Aug | $1,732.00 | $1,739.40 | $1,718.50 | $1,731.70 | +$5.20 | +0.30% |
| Wed 11 Aug | $1,730.40 | $1,756.70 | $1,724.60 | $1,753.30 | +$21.60 | +1.25% |
| Thu 12 Aug | $1,752.90 | $1,759.60 | $1,742.60 | $1,751.80 | −$1.50 | −0.09% |
| Fri 13 Aug best day | $1,754.40 | $1,781.90 | $1,753.00 | $1,778.20 | +$26.40 | +1.51% |
| Mon 16 Aug | $1,780.70 | $1,791.30 | $1,772.00 | $1,789.80 | +$11.60 | +0.65% |
| Tue 17 Aug | $1,789.10 | $1,797.60 | $1,782.10 | $1,787.80 | −$2.00 | −0.11% |
| Wed 18 Aug | $1,787.80 | $1,795.70 | $1,778.80 | $1,784.40 | −$3.40 | −0.19% |
| Thu 19 Aug | $1,789.50 | $1,795.00 | $1,774.60 | $1,783.10 | −$1.30 | −0.07% |
| Fri 20 Aug | $1,782.80 | $1,791.00 | $1,780.00 | $1,784.00 | +$0.90 | +0.05% |
| Mon 23 Aug | $1,781.20 | $1,809.10 | $1,778.00 | $1,806.30 | +$22.30 | +1.25% |
| Tue 24 Aug | $1,807.60 | $1,812.20 | $1,802.60 | $1,808.50 | +$2.20 | +0.12% |
| Wed 25 Aug | $1,805.10 | $1,805.30 | $1,784.00 | $1,791.00 | −$17.50 | −0.97% |
| Thu 26 Aug | $1,793.00 | $1,800.40 | $1,781.30 | $1,795.20 | +$4.20 | +0.23% |
| Fri 27 Aug | $1,795.20 | $1,821.90 | $1,785.20 | $1,819.50 | +$24.30 | +1.35% |
| Mon 30 Aug | $1,821.60 | $1,826.50 | $1,810.00 | $1,812.20 | −$7.30 | −0.40% |
| Tue 31 Aug | $1,812.20 | $1,821.90 | $1,803.40 | $1,818.10 | +$5.90 | +0.33% |
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
| August 2021 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,822.20 | $1,822.20 | $1,726.50 | $1,818.10 | +0.30% |
| Intraday | $1,817.00 | $1,835.90 4 Aug | $1,677.90 9 Aug | $1,818.10 | — |
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 August 2021: summary
Gold edged up 0.30% in August 2021, from $1,812.60 at the end of July 2021 to $1,818.10 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,726.50 on 9 August 2021 to $1,822.20 on 2 August 2021, a spread of $95.70 (5.3%), narrower than the 5.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 13 August 2021 (+1.51%) and the weakest 6 August 2021 (−2.53%).
How August 2021 compares
- Against other Augusts: at +0.30%, August 2021 ranks 19th of 26 Augusts since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 175th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 44% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $95.70, or 5.3% of the opening level, 0.9× the 5.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.67% (up or down), against 0.77% over the previous 12 months, so August 2021 was about as volatile as 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 −4.06% for 2021 to the end of August and −8.11% over 12 months (against the August 2020 close of $1,978.60).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,788.37; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,785.00.
Across the other 25 completed Augusts since 2001, gold averaged +2.59% and rose in 18 of them (72%). August 2021 lagged that average by 2.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Augusts side by side.
August 2021 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,818.10 closing price equals about $2,242 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 272.7 in August 2021 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 23% 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 August 2021?
Gold closed August 2021 at $1,818.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,822.20 and averaged $1,788.37 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,785.00.
Did gold go up in August 2021?
Yes. Gold was up 0.30% in August 2021, from $1,812.60 at the end of July 2021 to $1,818.10. It closed higher on 12 of 22 days. Among Augusts since 2001 it ranks 19th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in August 2021?
The highest close was $1,822.20 on 2 August 2021. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,835.90 on 4 August 2021.
What was the lowest gold price in August 2021?
The lowest close was $1,726.50 on 9 August 2021, $95.70 (5.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,677.90 on 9 August 2021.
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