Gold price in December 2021: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2021 at $1,828.60 an ounce, up 3.10% on the month. The highest close was $1,828.60 on 31 Dec and the lowest $1,762.70 on 2 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2021 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2021 close ($1,773.60).
Daily gold prices in December 2021 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Dec | $1,777.40 | $1,795.70 | $1,773.70 | $1,784.30 | +$10.70 | +0.60% |
| Thu 2 Dec worst day | $1,783.80 | $1,785.20 | $1,762.20 | $1,762.70 | −$21.60 | −1.21% |
| Fri 3 Dec | $1,769.40 | $1,788.00 | $1,766.00 | $1,783.90 | +$21.20 | +1.20% |
| Mon 6 Dec | $1,787.70 | $1,789.00 | $1,776.40 | $1,779.50 | −$4.40 | −0.25% |
| Tue 7 Dec | $1,779.50 | $1,789.30 | $1,772.40 | $1,784.70 | +$5.20 | +0.29% |
| Wed 8 Dec | $1,785.10 | $1,794.30 | $1,780.10 | $1,785.50 | +$0.80 | +0.04% |
| Thu 9 Dec | $1,784.30 | $1,788.40 | $1,773.30 | $1,776.70 | −$8.80 | −0.49% |
| Fri 10 Dec | $1,776.30 | $1,791.00 | $1,770.40 | $1,784.80 | +$8.10 | +0.46% |
| Mon 13 Dec | $1,784.20 | $1,792.80 | $1,782.20 | $1,788.30 | +$3.50 | +0.20% |
| Tue 14 Dec | $1,787.60 | $1,789.80 | $1,766.10 | $1,772.30 | −$16.00 | −0.89% |
| Wed 15 Dec | $1,771.90 | $1,781.30 | $1,753.00 | $1,764.50 | −$7.80 | −0.44% |
| Thu 16 Dec best day | $1,777.90 | $1,800.70 | $1,775.70 | $1,798.20 | +$33.70 | +1.91% |
| Fri 17 Dec | $1,801.50 | $1,815.70 | $1,796.50 | $1,804.90 | +$6.70 | +0.37% |
| Mon 20 Dec | $1,800.20 | $1,804.60 | $1,789.00 | $1,794.60 | −$10.30 | −0.57% |
| Tue 21 Dec | $1,791.40 | $1,801.70 | $1,785.00 | $1,788.70 | −$5.90 | −0.33% |
| Wed 22 Dec | $1,789.40 | $1,806.30 | $1,785.80 | $1,802.20 | +$13.50 | +0.75% |
| Thu 23 Dec | $1,805.60 | $1,812.00 | $1,799.00 | $1,811.70 | +$9.50 | +0.53% |
| Mon 27 Dec | $1,810.20 | $1,814.60 | $1,803.60 | $1,808.80 | −$2.90 | −0.16% |
| Tue 28 Dec | $1,812.10 | $1,821.60 | $1,805.50 | $1,810.90 | +$2.10 | +0.12% |
| Wed 29 Dec | $1,806.60 | $1,808.00 | $1,789.10 | $1,805.80 | −$5.10 | −0.28% |
| Thu 30 Dec | $1,805.60 | $1,818.10 | $1,796.20 | $1,814.10 | +$8.30 | +0.46% |
| Fri 31 Dec | $1,817.00 | $1,831.40 | $1,815.40 | $1,828.60 | +$14.50 | +0.80% |
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 2021 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,784.30 | $1,828.60 | $1,762.70 | $1,828.60 | +3.10% |
| Intraday | $1,777.40 | $1,831.40 31 Dec | $1,753.00 15 Dec | $1,828.60 | — |
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 December 2021: summary
Gold climbed 3.10% in December 2021, settling the month at $1,828.60 an ounce against $1,773.60 at the end of November 2021. Settlement prices ranged from $1,762.70 on 2 December 2021 to $1,828.60 on 31 December 2021, a spread of $65.90 (3.7%), narrower than the 5.3% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 13 of 22 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 16 December 2021 (+1.91%) and the weakest 2 December 2021 (−1.21%).
How December 2021 compares
- Against other Decembers: at +3.10%, December 2021 ranks 10th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 100th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 68% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $65.90, or 3.7% of the opening level, 0.7× the 5.3% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.56% (up or down), against 0.67% over the previous 12 months, so December 2021 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −3.51% for 2021 to the end of December and −3.51% over 12 months (against the December 2020 close of $1,895.10).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,792.53; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,790.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.38% and rose in 16 of them (64%). December 2021 beat that average by 1.7 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 2021 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,828.60 closing price equals about $2,190 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 280.8 in December 2021 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 20% 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 December 2021?
Gold closed December 2021 at $1,828.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,784.30 and averaged $1,792.53 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,790.00.
Did gold go up in December 2021?
Yes. Gold was up 3.10% in December 2021, from $1,773.60 at the end of November 2021 to $1,828.60. It closed higher on 13 of 22 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 10th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2021?
The highest close was $1,828.60 on 31 December 2021. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,831.40 on 31 December 2021.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2021?
The lowest close was $1,762.70 on 2 December 2021, $65.90 (3.7%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,753.00 on 15 December 2021.
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