Gold price today in Chile

How gold is priced in Chile

We found no official daily retail gold rate in Chile, so shops price from the international price and the peso. Today the bare international price works out to about 126,900 CLP per gram of pure gold and 95,175 CLP for 18k.

VAT and the 15% additional tax

Chile's VAT is 19% (PwC). On top of it, gold articles pay a 15% additional tax on their first sale or import (Decree Law 825, art. 37 a), and article 40 keeps 15% on later sales where article 37 did not apply. The tax office (SII) ruled in 2012 that domestic sales of pure gold bars escape VAT and the additional tax only if the bars count as a means of payment under the Banco Central de Chile's rules: standardised, serialised and certified, with security features. PwC gives an additional tax of 10% to 50% on some luxury items such as jewels.

Gold bars from the state mint

In January 2025 the state mint, Casa de Moneda de Chile, began selling gold bars for the first time in its history: 1/10 troy ounce (3.11 g) and 1/4 troy ounce (7.77 g), 24 karat and .9999 fine. Buyers ask for a quote on its website, and buyers are screened before a sale (Meganoticias).

The central bank buys gold again

The Banco Central de Chile stopped adding gold in 1997 and had sold almost all of it by 2000. In February 2026 it approved gold purchases for the first time since then, almost US$1 billion, after a review of its reserves (BioBioChile, March 2026). Its monetary gold was reported at US$1,268 million at the end of March 2026.

What moves the peso gold price

The peso price of gold is the dollar price times USD/CLP. When the peso weakens, the local gold price rises even if gold is flat in dollars, so check both numbers on this page. See what moves gold prices.

Rules for gold traders in Chile

Check the legal position, and whether a platform is registered in Chile, before you trade gold online.

Our country guides explain how to check a firm before you open an account.

Trading hours in Chile 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 Chile time. That is when US data such as payrolls and inflation is released and the price usually moves most. Mainland Chile moves its clocks for its summer, so the overlap falls in the late morning or around midday, depending on the season. The gold market hours tool shows every session in your own time zone.

How this CLP 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 = 976.34 CLP. 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 CLP = $129.98 × 976.34 = 126,900 CLP (24k, pure gold).
3. Price per 10 grams = 126,900 × 10 = 1,269,004 CLP.
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 Chile, 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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