Gold price in March 2022: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed March 2022 at $1,949.20 an ounce, up 2.55% on the month. The highest close was $2,043.30 on 8 Mar and the lowest $1,909.20 on 16 Mar. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, March 2022 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = February 2022 close ($1,900.70).
Daily gold prices in March 2022 (23 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Mar | $1,908.40 | $1,952.60 | $1,903.00 | $1,943.80 | +$43.10 | +2.27% |
| Wed 2 Mar | $1,945.30 | $1,951.40 | $1,916.00 | $1,922.30 | −$21.50 | −1.11% |
| Thu 3 Mar | $1,931.70 | $1,944.60 | $1,923.10 | $1,935.90 | +$13.60 | +0.71% |
| Fri 4 Mar | $1,938.50 | $1,974.90 | $1,931.50 | $1,966.60 | +$30.70 | +1.59% |
| Mon 7 Mar | $1,978.50 | $2,007.50 | $1,964.20 | $1,995.90 | +$29.30 | +1.49% |
| Tue 8 Mar best day | $2,001.00 | $2,078.80 | $1,985.80 | $2,043.30 | +$47.40 | +2.37% |
| Wed 9 Mar worst day | $2,060.20 | $2,068.50 | $1,981.00 | $1,988.20 | −$55.10 | −2.70% |
| Thu 10 Mar | $1,992.80 | $2,015.10 | $1,975.00 | $2,000.40 | +$12.20 | +0.61% |
| Fri 11 Mar | $2,000.30 | $2,004.00 | $1,960.60 | $1,985.00 | −$15.40 | −0.77% |
| Mon 14 Mar | $1,988.70 | $1,994.80 | $1,952.00 | $1,960.80 | −$24.20 | −1.22% |
| Tue 15 Mar | $1,953.70 | $1,956.90 | $1,908.10 | $1,929.70 | −$31.10 | −1.59% |
| Wed 16 Mar | $1,920.10 | $1,930.10 | $1,895.20 | $1,909.20 | −$20.50 | −1.06% |
| Thu 17 Mar | $1,928.40 | $1,951.00 | $1,924.00 | $1,943.20 | +$34.00 | +1.78% |
| Fri 18 Mar | $1,943.90 | $1,946.20 | $1,918.00 | $1,929.30 | −$13.90 | −0.72% |
| Mon 21 Mar | $1,922.40 | $1,941.80 | $1,917.20 | $1,929.50 | +$0.20 | +0.01% |
| Tue 22 Mar | $1,936.10 | $1,939.50 | $1,909.80 | $1,921.50 | −$8.00 | −0.41% |
| Wed 23 Mar | $1,920.90 | $1,948.80 | $1,915.60 | $1,937.30 | +$15.80 | +0.82% |
| Thu 24 Mar | $1,944.10 | $1,967.20 | $1,937.40 | $1,962.20 | +$24.90 | +1.29% |
| Fri 25 Mar | $1,957.80 | $1,965.10 | $1,942.60 | $1,954.20 | −$8.00 | −0.41% |
| Mon 28 Mar | $1,958.70 | $1,959.80 | $1,915.70 | $1,939.80 | −$14.40 | −0.74% |
| Tue 29 Mar | $1,922.40 | $1,929.40 | $1,888.30 | $1,912.20 | −$27.60 | −1.42% |
| Wed 30 Mar | $1,918.40 | $1,937.00 | $1,914.50 | $1,933.50 | +$21.30 | +1.11% |
| Thu 31 Mar | $1,933.50 | $1,949.90 | $1,919.10 | $1,949.20 | +$15.70 | +0.81% |
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
| March 2022 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,943.80 | $2,043.30 | $1,909.20 | $1,949.20 | +2.55% |
| Intraday | $1,908.40 | $2,078.80 8 Mar | $1,888.30 29 Mar | $1,949.20 | — |
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 March 2022: summary
Gold rose 2.55% in March 2022, from $1,900.70 at the end of February 2022 to $1,949.20 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,909.20 on 16 March 2022 to $2,043.30 on 8 March 2022, a spread of $134.10 (7.1%), wider than the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 23 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 8 March 2022 (+2.37%) and the weakest 9 March 2022 (−2.70%).
The $2,043.30 close on 8 March 2022 was gold's highest since 6 August 2020. The −2.70% move on 9 March 2022 was the largest one-day fall of 2022.
How March 2022 compares
- Against other Marches: at +2.55%, March 2022 ranks 6th of 26 Marches since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 116th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 63% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $134.10, or 7.1% of the opening level, 1.4× the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.17% (up or down), against 0.63% over the previous 12 months, so March 2022 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +6.60% for 2022 to the end of March and +13.74% over 12 months (against the March 2021 close of $1,713.80).
- Average price: the mean of the 23 daily closes was $1,951.87; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,948.00.
Across the other 25 completed Marches since 2001, gold averaged +0.11% and rose in 11 of them (44%). March 2022 beat that average by 2.4 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Marches side by side.
March 2022 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,949.20 closing price equals about $2,279 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 287.7 in March 2022 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 17% 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 March 2022?
Gold closed March 2022 at $1,949.20 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,943.80 and averaged $1,951.87 across 23 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,948.00.
Did gold go up in March 2022?
Yes. Gold was up 2.55% in March 2022, from $1,900.70 at the end of February 2022 to $1,949.20. It closed higher on 12 of 23 days. Among Marches since 2001 it ranks 6th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in March 2022?
The highest close was $2,043.30 on 8 March 2022. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $2,078.80 on 8 March 2022.
What was the lowest gold price in March 2022?
The lowest close was $1,909.20 on 16 March 2022, $134.10 (7.1%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,888.30 on 29 March 2022.
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