Gold price today in Argentina

How gold is priced in Argentina

We found no official daily retail gold rate in Argentina, so shops price from the international price and the peso. Today the bare international price works out to about 200,864 ARS per gram of pure gold and 150,648 ARS for 18k.

VAT: which gold is exempt

Argentina's general VAT rate is 21%, with 10.5% and 27% rates for some items (PwC). The VAT law (Law 23,349, article 7) exempts minted gold and 999/1000 good-delivery bars only when they are sold by official entities or authorised banks, and it exempts metal coins, including gold ones, that are legal tender in their country of issue. Jewellery, and bars bought from anyone else, are not covered by those two clauses, so ask whether VAT is included.

Personal assets tax

Resident individuals pay an annual personal assets tax (bienes personales) on worldwide assets above an exempt threshold, at 0.50% to 1.00% for 2025 (PwC). PwC does not mention gold, so ask a tax adviser whether physical gold counts.

The peso and the official dollar

Since 11 April 2025 (Communication 'A' 8226) the peso has floated inside a band, which started at 1,000 to 1,400 pesos per dollar with the floor falling and the ceiling rising each month, and moves freely between them; the limit on individuals buying dollars in the official market was lifted. The central bank's reference rate is the 'Comunicación A 3500' rate; from 1 January 2026 it is based on actual trades weighted by volume. The peso gold price is the dollar price times USD/ARS. See what moves gold prices.

Central bank gold

The Banco Central de la República Argentina said in September 2024 that it had moved part of its gold between its accounts without changing the total, that its gold was worth about USD 4,981 million on its 23 August 2024 balance sheet, and that for over a decade it has held gold both as physical bars and in accounts abroad.

Rules for gold traders in Argentina

Check the legal position, and any platform's registration, before you trade gold online.

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Trading hours in Argentina time

The international gold market trades almost around the clock, from Monday morning in Asia to Friday evening in New York. The busiest window, the London–New York overlap, falls today at about 10:00–14:00 ART. That is when US data such as payrolls and inflation is released and the price usually moves most. Argentina is on UTC-3 all year, so the overlap falls from late morning to early afternoon. The gold market hours tool shows every session in your own time zone.

How this ARS gold price is calculated

Three numbers decide everything on this page. First, the international gold price in US dollars per troy ounce: $4,042.7 at the last update. Second, the exchange rate: 1 USD = 1,545.40 ARS. Third, the weight: one troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, and one tola is 11.6638 grams.

1. Price per gram in USD = $4,042.7 ÷ 31.1035 = $129.98.
2. Price per gram in ARS = $129.98 × 1,545.40 = 200,864 ARS (24k, pure gold).
3. Price per 10 grams = 200,864 × 10 = 2,008,643 ARS.
4. For a lower purity, multiply by the fineness: 18k = 0.75.

The gold price is the spot price of gold (XAUUSD) from a public real-time feed, refreshed every few seconds while the page is open; the 7-day table and the 30-session chart use COMEX gold futures closes, which usually sit a few dollars above spot. The exchange rate is a mid-market rate; the rate your bank or money changer gives you will be slightly different. If you want to do the maths yourself, our guide to converting the gold price per gram, tola and kilo walks through every step with worked examples.

What this price does not include

The figures above are the international spot price converted into local currency. They are the starting point for every retail price in Argentina, but they are not the price you will pay or receive at a shop. The shop price adds some or all of these on top:

• Import duty or customs charges, where gold or jewellery is imported.
• Sales tax or VAT, where the country charges one. Many countries tax jewellery but not investment bars; the sections above say what applies here.
• Dealer premium: the margin a bullion dealer or bank adds to the spot price for bars and coins, usually larger on small pieces.
• Making charges (labour) on jewellery, often a percentage of the gold value or a fixed amount per gram.
• Local supply and demand, which can push the physical price to a premium or a discount against the international price for weeks at a time.

When you sell, the buyer usually quotes below the spot-based number and deducts for purity testing, wear and sometimes stones. The gap between the buying and the selling price is the real cost of owning physical gold, and it varies a lot between shops, so it is worth asking several.

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