Gold price in January 2026: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2026 at $4,745.10 an ounce, up 9.31% on the month. The highest close was $5,318.40 on 29 Jan and the lowest $4,329.60 on 2 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2026 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2025 close ($4,341.10); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in January 2026 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | $4,340.00 | $4,414.80 | $4,319.70 | $4,329.60 | −$11.50 | −0.26% |
| Mon 5 Jan | $4,368.30 | $4,467.60 | $4,354.60 | $4,451.50 | +$121.90 | +2.82% |
| Tue 6 Jan | $4,459.80 | $4,508.30 | $4,437.90 | $4,496.10 | +$44.60 | +1.00% |
| Wed 7 Jan | $4,505.40 | $4,512.40 | $4,432.90 | $4,462.50 | −$33.60 | −0.75% |
| Thu 8 Jan | $4,467.10 | $4,489.30 | $4,415.00 | $4,460.70 | −$1.80 | −0.04% |
| Fri 9 Jan | $4,489.30 | $4,527.00 | $4,461.80 | $4,500.90 | +$40.20 | +0.90% |
| Mon 12 Jan ATH | $4,529.10 | $4,640.50 | $4,520.80 | $4,614.70 | +$113.80 | +2.53% |
| Tue 13 Jan | $4,610.00 | $4,644.00 | $4,576.70 | $4,599.10 | −$15.60 | −0.34% |
| Wed 14 Jan ATH | $4,594.30 | $4,650.50 | $4,594.30 | $4,635.70 | +$36.60 | +0.80% |
| Thu 15 Jan | $4,635.70 | $4,637.20 | $4,584.00 | $4,623.70 | −$12.00 | −0.26% |
| Fri 16 Jan | $4,621.60 | $4,625.50 | $4,539.10 | $4,595.40 | −$28.30 | −0.61% |
| Tue 20 Jan ATH | $4,633.70 | $4,771.50 | $4,622.20 | $4,765.80 | +$170.40 | +3.71% |
| Wed 21 Jan ATH | $4,767.50 | $4,891.10 | $4,757.10 | $4,837.50 | +$71.70 | +1.50% |
| Thu 22 Jan ATH | $4,836.20 | $4,944.30 | $4,772.70 | $4,913.40 | +$75.90 | +1.57% |
| Fri 23 Jan ATH | $4,940.00 | $4,991.40 | $4,901.20 | $4,979.70 | +$66.30 | +1.35% |
| Mon 26 Jan ATH | $5,013.40 | $5,107.90 | $4,983.60 | $5,082.50 | +$102.80 | +2.06% |
| Tue 27 Jan ATH | $5,005.50 | $5,190.80 | $5,004.50 | $5,082.60 | +$0.10 | +0.00% |
| Wed 28 Jan ATH, best day | $5,179.00 | $5,415.20 | $5,154.80 | $5,303.60 | +$221.00 | +4.35% |
| Thu 29 Jan ATH | $5,415.70 | $5,586.20 | $5,097.50 | $5,318.40 | +$14.80 | +0.28% |
| Fri 30 Jan worst day | $5,410.00 | $5,480.20 | $4,700.40 | $4,745.10 | −$573.30 | −10.78% |
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
| January 2026 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $4,329.60 | $5,318.40 | $4,329.60 | $4,745.10 | +9.31% |
| Intraday | $4,340.00 | $5,586.20 29 Jan | $4,319.70 2 Jan | $4,745.10 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2026 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 January 2026: summary
It was the month gold first closed above $5,000 (on 26 January 2026). Gold soared 9.31% in January 2026, from $4,341.10 at the end of December 2025 to $4,745.10 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $4,329.60 on 2 January 2026 to $5,318.40 on 29 January 2026, a spread of $988.80 (22.8%), wider than the 7.5% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 13 of 20 trading days and lower on 7; the strongest session was 28 January 2026 (+4.35%) and the weakest 30 January 2026 (−10.78%).
Gold set 10 new all-time-high closes in January 2026, the highest at $5,318.40 on 29 January 2026. The −10.78% move on 30 January 2026 was the largest one-day fall of 2026 so far, and the largest in the daily record, which starts in August 2000. It was gold's 6th monthly gain in a row.
How January 2026 compares
- Against other Januaries: at +9.31%, January 2026 ranks 4th of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 15th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 96% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $988.80, or 22.8% of the opening level, 3.0× the 7.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.80% (up or down), against 0.97% over the previous 12 months, so January 2026 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 8 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +68.71% over 12 months (against the January 2025 close of $2,812.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $4,739.93; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $4,753.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +2.70% and rose in 16 of them (64%). January 2026 beat that average by 6.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2026 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $4,745.10 closing price equals about $4,886 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 326.6 in January 2026 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 2026
The gold price in 2026 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 January 2026?
Gold closed January 2026 at $4,745.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $4,329.60 and averaged $4,739.93 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $4,753.00.
Did gold go up in January 2026?
Yes. Gold was up 9.31% in January 2026, from $4,341.10 at the end of December 2025 to $4,745.10. It closed higher on 13 of 20 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 4th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2026?
The highest close was $5,318.40 on 29 January 2026. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $5,586.20 on 29 January 2026. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2026?
The lowest close was $4,329.60 on 2 January 2026, $988.80 (22.8%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $4,319.70 on 2 January 2026.
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