Gold price in October 2025: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed October 2025 at $3,996.50 an ounce, up 3.18% on the month. The highest close was $4,359.40 on 20 Oct and the lowest $3,868.10 on 2 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, October 2025 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2025 close ($3,873.20); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in October 2025 (23 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Oct ATH | $3,887.70 | $3,922.70 | $3,880.30 | $3,897.50 | +$24.30 | +0.63% |
| Thu 2 Oct | $3,892.70 | $3,923.30 | $3,842.80 | $3,868.10 | −$29.40 | −0.75% |
| Fri 3 Oct ATH | $3,880.40 | $3,916.80 | $3,861.10 | $3,908.90 | +$40.80 | +1.05% |
| Mon 6 Oct ATH | $3,913.50 | $3,994.50 | $3,909.20 | $3,976.30 | +$67.40 | +1.72% |
| Tue 7 Oct ATH | $3,983.00 | $4,014.60 | $3,963.40 | $4,004.40 | +$28.10 | +0.71% |
| Wed 8 Oct ATH | $4,007.10 | $4,081.00 | $4,005.60 | $4,070.50 | +$66.10 | +1.65% |
| Thu 9 Oct | $4,061.80 | $4,077.90 | $3,957.90 | $3,972.60 | −$97.90 | −2.41% |
| Fri 10 Oct | $3,990.10 | $4,038.60 | $3,961.20 | $4,000.40 | +$27.80 | +0.70% |
| Mon 13 Oct ATH | $4,018.30 | $4,137.20 | $4,011.30 | $4,133.00 | +$132.60 | +3.31% |
| Tue 14 Oct ATH | $4,130.90 | $4,190.90 | $4,105.00 | $4,163.40 | +$30.40 | +0.74% |
| Wed 15 Oct ATH | $4,160.10 | $4,235.80 | $4,157.30 | $4,201.60 | +$38.20 | +0.92% |
| Thu 16 Oct ATH | $4,225.10 | $4,346.70 | $4,214.50 | $4,304.60 | +$103.00 | +2.45% |
| Fri 17 Oct | $4,348.10 | $4,392.00 | $4,196.00 | $4,213.30 | −$91.30 | −2.12% |
| Mon 20 Oct ATH, best day | $4,269.00 | $4,398.00 | $4,229.70 | $4,359.40 | +$146.10 | +3.47% |
| Tue 21 Oct worst day | $4,371.00 | $4,393.60 | $4,093.00 | $4,109.10 | −$250.30 | −5.74% |
| Wed 22 Oct | $4,137.00 | $4,175.00 | $4,021.20 | $4,065.40 | −$43.70 | −1.06% |
| Thu 23 Oct | $4,114.80 | $4,171.50 | $4,079.60 | $4,145.60 | +$80.20 | +1.97% |
| Fri 24 Oct | $4,144.00 | $4,159.00 | $4,055.70 | $4,137.80 | −$7.80 | −0.19% |
| Mon 27 Oct | $4,103.20 | $4,123.80 | $3,985.90 | $4,019.70 | −$118.10 | −2.85% |
| Tue 28 Oct | $3,999.90 | $4,034.20 | $3,901.30 | $3,983.10 | −$36.60 | −0.91% |
| Wed 29 Oct | $3,967.20 | $4,046.20 | $3,930.00 | $4,000.70 | +$17.60 | +0.44% |
| Thu 30 Oct | $3,942.80 | $4,041.50 | $3,925.10 | $4,015.90 | +$15.20 | +0.38% |
| Fri 31 Oct | $4,038.20 | $4,059.90 | $3,982.30 | $3,996.50 | −$19.40 | −0.48% |
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
| October 2025 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $3,897.50 | $4,359.40 | $3,868.10 | $3,996.50 | +3.18% |
| Intraday | $3,887.70 | $4,398.00 20 Oct | $3,842.80 2 Oct | $3,996.50 | — |
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 October 2025: summary
It was the month gold first closed above $4,000 (on 7 October 2025). Gold climbed 3.18% in October 2025, from $3,873.20 at the end of September 2025 to $3,996.50 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $3,868.10 on 2 October 2025 to $4,359.40 on 20 October 2025, a spread of $491.30 (12.7%), wider than the 6.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 14 of 23 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 20 October 2025 (+3.47%) and the weakest 21 October 2025 (−5.74%).
Gold set 10 new all-time-high closes in October 2025, the highest at $4,359.40 on 20 October 2025. The +3.47% move on 20 October 2025 was the largest one-day gain of 2025, and the largest since 1 December 2022. The −5.74% move on 21 October 2025 was the largest one-day fall of 2025, and the largest since 20 June 2013.
How October 2025 compares
- Against other Octobers: at +3.18%, October 2025 ranks 6th of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 95th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 70% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $491.30, or 12.7% of the opening level, 1.9× the 6.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.59% (up or down), against 0.90% over the previous 12 months, so October 2025 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +51.33% for 2025 to the end of October and +45.36% over 12 months (against the October 2024 close of $2,749.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 23 daily closes was $4,067.30; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $4,058.00.
Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged +0.01% and rose in 12 of them (48%). October 2025 beat that average by 3.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Octobers side by side.
October 2025 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $3,996.50 closing price equals about $4,145 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 324.2 in October 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 October 2025?
Gold closed October 2025 at $3,996.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $3,897.50 and averaged $4,067.30 across 23 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $4,058.00.
Did gold go up in October 2025?
Yes. Gold was up 3.18% in October 2025, from $3,873.20 at the end of September 2025 to $3,996.50. It closed higher on 14 of 23 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 6th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in October 2025?
The highest close was $4,359.40 on 20 October 2025. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $4,398.00 on 20 October 2025. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in October 2025?
The lowest close was $3,868.10 on 2 October 2025, $491.30 (12.7%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $3,842.80 on 2 October 2025.
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