Gold price in December 2025: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2025 at $4,341.10 an ounce, up 2.03% on the month. The highest close was $4,552.70 on 26 Dec and the lowest $4,217.70 on 8 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2025 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2025 close ($4,254.90); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in December 2025 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Dec | $4,258.50 | $4,299.60 | $4,241.10 | $4,274.80 | +$19.90 | +0.47% |
| Tue 2 Dec | $4,265.30 | $4,269.20 | $4,194.00 | $4,220.80 | −$54.00 | −1.26% |
| Wed 3 Dec | $4,241.60 | $4,273.30 | $4,225.10 | $4,232.50 | +$11.70 | +0.28% |
| Thu 4 Dec | $4,234.50 | $4,251.10 | $4,203.30 | $4,243.00 | +$10.50 | +0.25% |
| Fri 5 Dec | $4,239.50 | $4,290.50 | $4,221.40 | $4,243.00 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Mon 8 Dec | $4,228.10 | $4,247.90 | $4,204.00 | $4,217.70 | −$25.30 | −0.60% |
| Tue 9 Dec | $4,219.60 | $4,251.70 | $4,197.80 | $4,236.20 | +$18.50 | +0.44% |
| Wed 10 Dec | $4,237.50 | $4,268.80 | $4,207.80 | $4,224.70 | −$11.50 | −0.27% |
| Thu 11 Dec best day | $4,258.30 | $4,317.30 | $4,231.20 | $4,313.00 | +$88.30 | +2.09% |
| Fri 12 Dec | $4,309.10 | $4,387.80 | $4,286.00 | $4,328.30 | +$15.30 | +0.35% |
| Mon 15 Dec | $4,330.00 | $4,384.30 | $4,315.90 | $4,335.20 | +$6.90 | +0.16% |
| Tue 16 Dec | $4,334.30 | $4,367.90 | $4,297.40 | $4,332.30 | −$2.90 | −0.07% |
| Wed 17 Dec ATH | $4,333.50 | $4,383.60 | $4,330.70 | $4,373.90 | +$41.60 | +0.96% |
| Thu 18 Dec | $4,371.50 | $4,409.50 | $4,338.00 | $4,364.50 | −$9.40 | −0.21% |
| Fri 19 Dec ATH | $4,363.60 | $4,389.00 | $4,336.30 | $4,387.30 | +$22.80 | +0.52% |
| Mon 22 Dec ATH | $4,369.90 | $4,484.50 | $4,367.90 | $4,469.40 | +$82.10 | +1.87% |
| Tue 23 Dec ATH | $4,481.80 | $4,530.80 | $4,457.70 | $4,505.70 | +$36.30 | +0.81% |
| Wed 24 Dec | $4,516.70 | $4,555.10 | $4,474.30 | $4,502.80 | −$2.90 | −0.06% |
| Fri 26 Dec ATH | $4,523.50 | $4,584.00 | $4,518.00 | $4,552.70 | +$49.90 | +1.11% |
| Mon 29 Dec worst day | $4,568.00 | $4,581.30 | $4,316.00 | $4,343.60 | −$209.10 | −4.59% |
| Tue 30 Dec | $4,350.30 | $4,420.50 | $4,338.80 | $4,386.30 | +$42.70 | +0.98% |
| Wed 31 Dec | $4,353.00 | $4,384.90 | $4,284.30 | $4,341.10 | −$45.20 | −1.03% |
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
| December 2025 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $4,274.80 | $4,552.70 | $4,217.70 | $4,341.10 | +2.03% |
| Intraday | $4,258.50 | $4,584.00 26 Dec | $4,194.00 2 Dec | $4,341.10 | — |
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 December 2025: summary
It was the month gold first closed above $4,500 (on 23 December 2025). Gold climbed 2.03% in December 2025, from $4,254.90 at the end of November 2025 to $4,341.10 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $4,217.70 on 8 December 2025 to $4,552.70 on 26 December 2025, a spread of $335.00 (7.9%), wider than the 7.3% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 13 of 22 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 11 December 2025 (+2.09%) and the weakest 29 December 2025 (−4.59%).
Gold set 5 new all-time-high closes in December 2025, the highest at $4,552.70 on 26 December 2025. It was gold's 5th monthly gain in a row.
How December 2025 compares
- Against other Decembers: at +2.03%, December 2025 ranks 13th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 130th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 59% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $335.00, or 7.9% of the opening level, 1.1× the 7.3% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.84% (up or down), against 0.97% over the previous 12 months, so December 2025 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 1 day.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +64.37% for 2025 to the end of December and +64.37% over 12 months (against the December 2024 close of $2,641.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $4,337.67; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $4,309.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.42% and rose in 16 of them (64%). December 2025 beat that average by 0.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Decembers side by side.
December 2025 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $4,341.10 closing price equals about $4,478 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 326.0 in December 2025 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 3% 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 December 2025?
Gold closed December 2025 at $4,341.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $4,274.80 and averaged $4,337.67 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $4,309.00.
Did gold go up in December 2025?
Yes. Gold was up 2.03% in December 2025, from $4,254.90 at the end of November 2025 to $4,341.10. It closed higher on 13 of 22 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 13th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2025?
The highest close was $4,552.70 on 26 December 2025. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $4,584.00 on 26 December 2025. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2025?
The lowest close was $4,217.70 on 8 December 2025, $335.00 (7.9%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $4,194.00 on 2 December 2025.
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