Gold price today in Peru

How gold is priced in Peru

We found no official daily retail gold rate in Peru, so shops price from the international price and the sol. Today the bare international price works out to about 444.71 PEN per gram of pure gold and 333.53 PEN for 18k.

RECPO: a register for gold buyers

Peru keeps a special register of gold traders and processors, the RECPO (Registro Especial de Comercializadores y Procesadores de Oro). Under Supreme Decree 027-2012-EM, as amended in 2018, only traders and processors registered in RECPO may buy gold from miners on the government's formalisation register. The Ministry of Energy and Mines runs it through its General Directorate of Mining Formalisation. Registered buyers must report the previous month's deals every month; if they do not, their registration is cancelled automatically and they cannot register again for 90 working days. A mining news site counted 12,418 registrants in February 2025 (Energiminas).

IGV and the central bank

Peru's general sales tax, the IGV, is 18% (PwC). The IGV law says the Banco Central de Reserva's purchases and sales of gold and silver under its Organic Law are not subject to IGV, and SUNAT says the exemptions in the law's appendices run until 31 December 2028. We could not confirm how jewellery is taxed in practice, so ask whether a price includes IGV.

What moves the sol gold price

The sol price of gold is the dollar price times USD/PEN. When the sol 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 Peru

The SMV, Peru's securities regulator, has warned that no company in Peru is authorised to offer forex products to the public, that firms advertising forex and CFDs online and at 'educational' events have no authorisation, and that only firms authorised or supervised by the SMV or the SBS may advertise to raise money from the public.

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

Trading hours in Peru 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 08:00–12:00 PET. That is when US data such as payrolls and inflation is released and the price usually moves most. Peru is on UTC-5 all year, so the overlap falls in the morning, an hour earlier in the northern summer when New York and London change their clocks. The gold market hours tool shows every session in your own time zone.

How this PEN 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 = 3.4215 PEN. 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 PEN = $129.98 × 3.4215 = 444.71 PEN (24k, pure gold).
3. Price per 10 grams = 444.71 × 10 = 4,447.11 PEN.
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 Peru, 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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