Gold price in April 2022: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2022 at $1,911.70 an ounce, down 1.92% on the month. The highest close was $1,986.40 on 18 Apr and the lowest $1,888.70 on 27 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2022 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2022 close ($1,949.20).
Daily gold prices in April 2022 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Apr | $1,942.40 | $1,944.50 | $1,921.40 | $1,923.70 | −$25.50 | −1.31% |
| Mon 4 Apr | $1,927.10 | $1,941.60 | $1,918.20 | $1,934.00 | +$10.30 | +0.54% |
| Tue 5 Apr | $1,937.30 | $1,948.90 | $1,920.90 | $1,927.50 | −$6.50 | −0.34% |
| Wed 6 Apr | $1,927.60 | $1,937.60 | $1,916.20 | $1,923.10 | −$4.40 | −0.23% |
| Thu 7 Apr | $1,928.10 | $1,941.70 | $1,923.30 | $1,937.80 | +$14.70 | +0.76% |
| Fri 8 Apr | $1,934.30 | $1,952.20 | $1,930.40 | $1,945.60 | +$7.80 | +0.40% |
| Mon 11 Apr | $1,949.60 | $1,974.60 | $1,942.90 | $1,948.20 | +$2.60 | +0.13% |
| Tue 12 Apr best day | $1,957.40 | $1,982.70 | $1,953.00 | $1,976.10 | +$27.90 | +1.43% |
| Wed 13 Apr | $1,970.50 | $1,985.80 | $1,966.30 | $1,984.70 | +$8.60 | +0.44% |
| Thu 14 Apr | $1,981.60 | $1,984.00 | $1,962.70 | $1,974.90 | −$9.80 | −0.49% |
| Mon 18 Apr | $1,978.50 | $2,003.00 | $1,974.40 | $1,986.40 | +$11.50 | +0.58% |
| Tue 19 Apr | $1,981.20 | $1,985.10 | $1,945.50 | $1,959.00 | −$27.40 | −1.38% |
| Wed 20 Apr | $1,952.70 | $1,960.90 | $1,941.00 | $1,955.60 | −$3.40 | −0.17% |
| Thu 21 Apr | $1,960.00 | $1,960.10 | $1,938.00 | $1,948.20 | −$7.40 | −0.38% |
| Fri 22 Apr | $1,953.10 | $1,957.80 | $1,928.00 | $1,934.30 | −$13.90 | −0.71% |
| Mon 25 Apr worst day | $1,931.90 | $1,935.50 | $1,891.80 | $1,896.00 | −$38.30 | −1.98% |
| Tue 26 Apr | $1,899.80 | $1,912.20 | $1,896.30 | $1,904.10 | +$8.10 | +0.43% |
| Wed 27 Apr | $1,907.40 | $1,908.10 | $1,881.60 | $1,888.70 | −$15.40 | −0.81% |
| Thu 28 Apr | $1,886.80 | $1,897.80 | $1,870.90 | $1,891.30 | +$2.60 | +0.14% |
| Fri 29 Apr | $1,895.80 | $1,921.30 | $1,893.50 | $1,911.70 | +$20.40 | +1.08% |
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
| April 2022 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,923.70 | $1,986.40 | $1,888.70 | $1,911.70 | −1.92% |
| Intraday | $1,942.40 | $2,003.00 18 Apr | $1,870.90 28 Apr | $1,911.70 | — |
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 April 2022: summary
Gold slipped 1.92% in April 2022, from $1,949.20 at the end of March 2022 to $1,911.70 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,888.70 on 27 April 2022 to $1,986.40 on 18 April 2022, a spread of $97.70 (5.0%), narrower than the 5.3% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 10 of 20 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 12 April 2022 (+1.43%) and the weakest 25 April 2022 (−1.98%).
How April 2022 compares
- Against other Aprils: at −1.92%, April 2022 ranks 22nd of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 235th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 25% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $97.70, or 5.0% of the opening level, 0.9× the 5.3% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.69% (up or down), against 0.67% over the previous 12 months, so April 2022 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +4.54% for 2022 to the end of April and +8.15% over 12 months (against the April 2021 close of $1,767.70).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,937.55; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,937.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.41% and rose in 16 of them (64%). April 2022 lagged that average by 3.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Aprils side by side.
April 2022 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,911.70 closing price equals about $2,228 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 288.6 in April 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 April 2022?
Gold closed April 2022 at $1,911.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,923.70 and averaged $1,937.55 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,937.00.
Did gold go up in April 2022?
No. Gold was down 1.92% in April 2022, from $1,949.20 at the end of March 2022 to $1,911.70. It closed higher on 10 of 20 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 22nd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2022?
The highest close was $1,986.40 on 18 April 2022. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $2,003.00 on 18 April 2022.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2022?
The lowest close was $1,888.70 on 27 April 2022, $97.70 (5.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,870.90 on 28 April 2022.
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