Gold price in September 2025: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2025 at $3,873.20 an ounce, up 10.16% on the month. The highest close was $3,873.20 on 30 Sep and the lowest $3,592.20 on 2 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2025 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2025 close ($3,516.10); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in September 2025 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 2 Sep ATH, best day | $3,517.90 | $3,602.40 | $3,506.00 | $3,592.20 | +$76.10 | +2.16% |
| Wed 3 Sep ATH | $3,600.00 | $3,640.10 | $3,592.40 | $3,635.50 | +$43.30 | +1.21% |
| Thu 4 Sep | $3,619.80 | $3,621.60 | $3,573.70 | $3,606.70 | −$28.80 | −0.79% |
| Fri 5 Sep ATH | $3,602.00 | $3,655.50 | $3,595.40 | $3,653.30 | +$46.60 | +1.29% |
| Mon 8 Sep ATH | $3,635.00 | $3,685.70 | $3,621.70 | $3,677.40 | +$24.10 | +0.66% |
| Tue 9 Sep ATH | $3,676.60 | $3,715.20 | $3,663.70 | $3,682.20 | +$4.80 | +0.13% |
| Wed 10 Sep | $3,662.00 | $3,697.50 | $3,651.40 | $3,682.00 | −$0.20 | −0.01% |
| Thu 11 Sep | $3,680.60 | $3,687.50 | $3,651.00 | $3,673.60 | −$8.40 | −0.23% |
| Fri 12 Sep ATH | $3,672.80 | $3,695.50 | $3,667.30 | $3,686.40 | +$12.80 | +0.35% |
| Mon 15 Sep ATH | $3,680.20 | $3,724.90 | $3,662.80 | $3,719.00 | +$32.60 | +0.88% |
| Tue 16 Sep ATH | $3,720.30 | $3,739.90 | $3,711.80 | $3,725.10 | +$6.10 | +0.16% |
| Wed 17 Sep | $3,727.30 | $3,744.00 | $3,679.50 | $3,717.80 | −$7.30 | −0.20% |
| Thu 18 Sep | $3,692.50 | $3,707.30 | $3,660.50 | $3,678.30 | −$39.50 | −1.06% |
| Fri 19 Sep | $3,677.70 | $3,719.60 | $3,664.40 | $3,705.80 | +$27.50 | +0.75% |
| Mon 22 Sep ATH | $3,721.30 | $3,783.30 | $3,718.10 | $3,775.10 | +$69.30 | +1.87% |
| Tue 23 Sep ATH | $3,781.20 | $3,824.60 | $3,772.40 | $3,815.70 | +$40.60 | +1.08% |
| Wed 24 Sep worst day | $3,796.90 | $3,812.60 | $3,749.70 | $3,768.10 | −$47.60 | −1.25% |
| Thu 25 Sep | $3,768.30 | $3,792.30 | $3,751.90 | $3,771.10 | +$3.00 | +0.08% |
| Fri 26 Sep | $3,781.50 | $3,814.40 | $3,764.00 | $3,809.00 | +$37.90 | +1.01% |
| Mon 29 Sep ATH | $3,788.80 | $3,863.70 | $3,785.50 | $3,855.20 | +$46.20 | +1.21% |
| Tue 30 Sep ATH | $3,863.10 | $3,899.20 | $3,820.60 | $3,873.20 | +$18.00 | +0.47% |
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
| September 2025 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $3,592.20 | $3,873.20 | $3,592.20 | $3,873.20 | +10.16% |
| Intraday | $3,517.90 | $3,899.20 30 Sep | $3,506.00 2 Sep | $3,873.20 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2025 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 September 2025: summary
Gold surged 10.16% in September 2025, finishing at $3,873.20 an ounce against $3,516.10 at the end of August 2025. Gold closed higher on 15 of 21 trading days and lower on 6; the strongest session was 2 September 2025 (+2.16%) and the weakest 24 September 2025 (−1.25%). Settlement prices ranged from $3,592.20 on 2 September 2025 to $3,873.20 on 30 September 2025, a spread of $281.00 (8.0%), wider than the 6.7% average of the previous 12 months.
Gold set 12 new all-time-high closes in September 2025, the highest at $3,873.20 on 30 September 2025. That was the biggest monthly gain since February 2016. It was the month gold first closed above $3,800 (on 23 September 2025).
How September 2025 compares
- Against other Septembers: at +10.16%, September 2025 ranks 2nd of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 11th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 97% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $281.00, or 8.0% of the opening level, 1.2× the 6.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.80% (up or down), against 0.87% over the previous 12 months, so September 2025 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +46.66% for 2025 to the end of September and +45.64% over 12 months (against the September 2024 close of $2,659.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $3,719.18; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $3,668.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.05% and rose in 12 of them (46%). September 2025 beat that average by 10.1 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Septembers side by side.
September 2025 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $3,873.20 closing price equals about $4,017 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 324.2 in September 2025 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 4% 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 2025
The gold price in 2025 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 September 2025?
Gold closed September 2025 at $3,873.20 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $3,592.20 and averaged $3,719.18 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $3,668.00.
Did gold go up in September 2025?
Yes. Gold was up 10.16% in September 2025, from $3,516.10 at the end of August 2025 to $3,873.20. It closed higher on 15 of 21 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 2nd of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2025?
The highest close was $3,873.20 on 30 September 2025. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $3,899.20 on 30 September 2025. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2025?
The lowest close was $3,592.20 on 2 September 2025, $281.00 (8.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $3,506.00 on 2 September 2025.
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