Gold price in February 2022: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed February 2022 at $1,900.70 an ounce, up 5.89% on the month. The highest close was $1,926.30 on 24 Feb and the lowest $1,801.50 on 1 Feb. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, February 2022 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = January 2022 close ($1,795.00).
Daily gold prices in February 2022 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Feb | $1,798.90 | $1,809.70 | $1,796.20 | $1,801.50 | +$6.50 | +0.36% |
| Wed 2 Feb | $1,800.80 | $1,812.00 | $1,794.60 | $1,810.30 | +$8.80 | +0.49% |
| Thu 3 Feb | $1,807.40 | $1,809.50 | $1,788.50 | $1,804.10 | −$6.20 | −0.34% |
| Fri 4 Feb | $1,805.40 | $1,815.80 | $1,792.10 | $1,807.80 | +$3.70 | +0.21% |
| Mon 7 Feb | $1,808.00 | $1,824.60 | $1,807.50 | $1,821.80 | +$14.00 | +0.77% |
| Tue 8 Feb | $1,821.50 | $1,829.90 | $1,816.00 | $1,827.90 | +$6.10 | +0.33% |
| Wed 9 Feb | $1,827.00 | $1,837.10 | $1,825.50 | $1,836.60 | +$8.70 | +0.48% |
| Thu 10 Feb | $1,834.00 | $1,843.30 | $1,821.80 | $1,837.40 | +$0.80 | +0.04% |
| Fri 11 Feb | $1,827.00 | $1,867.40 | $1,821.10 | $1,842.10 | +$4.70 | +0.26% |
| Mon 14 Feb | $1,862.20 | $1,876.50 | $1,851.90 | $1,869.40 | +$27.30 | +1.48% |
| Tue 15 Feb | $1,873.80 | $1,881.60 | $1,845.40 | $1,856.20 | −$13.20 | −0.71% |
| Wed 16 Feb | $1,855.50 | $1,874.60 | $1,851.80 | $1,871.50 | +$15.30 | +0.82% |
| Thu 17 Feb best day | $1,872.00 | $1,904.00 | $1,869.70 | $1,902.00 | +$30.50 | +1.63% |
| Fri 18 Feb | $1,901.40 | $1,905.00 | $1,888.00 | $1,899.80 | −$2.20 | −0.12% |
| Tue 22 Feb | $1,903.50 | $1,918.30 | $1,889.70 | $1,907.40 | +$7.60 | +0.40% |
| Wed 23 Feb | $1,901.20 | $1,912.90 | $1,891.10 | $1,910.40 | +$3.00 | +0.16% |
| Thu 24 Feb | $1,911.90 | $1,976.50 | $1,878.60 | $1,926.30 | +$15.90 | +0.83% |
| Fri 25 Feb worst day | $1,906.50 | $1,925.00 | $1,884.40 | $1,887.60 | −$38.70 | −2.01% |
| Mon 28 Feb | $1,921.00 | $1,935.20 | $1,892.20 | $1,900.70 | +$13.10 | +0.69% |
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
| February 2022 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,801.50 | $1,926.30 | $1,801.50 | $1,900.70 | +5.89% |
| Intraday | $1,798.90 | $1,976.50 24 Feb | $1,788.50 3 Feb | $1,900.70 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2022 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 February 2022: summary
Gold climbed 5.89% in February 2022, from $1,795.00 at the end of January 2022 to $1,900.70 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,801.50 on 1 February 2022 to $1,926.30 on 24 February 2022, a spread of $124.80 (7.0%), wider than the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 15 of 19 trading days and lower on 4; the strongest session was 17 February 2022 (+1.63%) and the weakest 25 February 2022 (−2.01%).
The $1,926.30 close on 24 February 2022 was gold's highest since 5 January 2021.
How February 2022 compares
- Against other Februaries: at +5.89%, February 2022 ranks 4th of 26 Februaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 53rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 83% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $124.80, or 7.0% of the opening level, 1.4× the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.64% (up or down), against 0.66% over the previous 12 months, so February 2022 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 7 days and the longest run of lower closes 1 day.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +3.94% for 2022 to the end of February and +9.94% over 12 months (against the February 2021 close of $1,728.80).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $1,858.99; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,856.00.
Across the other 25 completed Februaries since 2001, gold averaged +1.04% and rose in 14 of them (56%). February 2022 beat that average by 4.8 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Februaries side by side.
February 2022 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,900.70 closing price equals about $2,247 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 284.5 in February 2022 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 18% 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 2022
The gold price in 2022 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 February 2022?
Gold closed February 2022 at $1,900.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,801.50 and averaged $1,858.99 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,856.00.
Did gold go up in February 2022?
Yes. Gold was up 5.89% in February 2022, from $1,795.00 at the end of January 2022 to $1,900.70. It closed higher on 15 of 19 days. Among Februaries since 2001 it ranks 4th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in February 2022?
The highest close was $1,926.30 on 24 February 2022. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,976.50 on 24 February 2022.
What was the lowest gold price in February 2022?
The lowest close was $1,801.50 on 1 February 2022, $124.80 (7.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,788.50 on 3 February 2022.
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