Gold price today in Ukraine

The National Bank of Ukraine's official gold rate

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sets an official hryvnia rate for gold, code XAU, together with its official currency rates, and publishes it in its open data. It is a reference figure, not a shop price, and we do not copy it here; this page shows the live international price instead. Today the bare international price works out to about 5,906 UAH per gram of 24k gold, 5,658 UAH for 958 (23k) and 3,455 UAH for 585 (14k).

Archangel Michael bullion coins

The NBU issues its own bullion coins of 999.9 gold and silver, which it classes as investment metals. The gold Archangel Michael coins come in four sizes: 20 hryvnias (31.1 g of fine gold), 10 hryvnias (15.55 g), 5 hryvnias (7.78 g) and 2 hryvnias (3.11 g). The face value is far below the gold value, so they trade on their gold. The NBU buys and sells these coins at its regional offices in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Khmelnytskyi, and some banks are listed as buying and selling points too.

Hallmarks and legal standards

Hallmarking is compulsory in Ukraine. It is done by the Central State Enterprise of Assay Control of the Ministry of Finance in Kyiv and four regional enterprises (Eastern, Western, Southern and Dnipropetrovsk), under the State Assay Office. The legal gold finenesses listed for Ukraine are 999, 958, 750, 585, 500 and 375 thousandths. 958 (about 23 karat) and 500 (12 karat) are less common elsewhere in Europe. Ukraine has applied to join the international Hallmarking Convention but is not yet a member.

Taxes

Ukraine's standard VAT rate is 20%, and PwC lists no special VAT rule for gold. For income tax, PwC says residents generally pay 5% on proceeds from selling movable property, plus the 5% military tax where income tax applies. We could not confirm how these rules apply to gold sales in practice, so ask how a price is invoiced and keep your receipts.

The NBU's reserves and the hryvnia

On 1 November 2026 the NBU's international reserves were USD 49.076 billion, of which gold was USD 3.543 billion, about 7%. The NBU says its reserves are liquid assets in foreign currency and gold, used for currency interventions and government payments. The hryvnia price of gold is the dollar price converted at the USD/UAH rate, so a weaker hryvnia raises the local gold price even when gold is flat in dollars. See what moves gold prices.

Rules for gold traders in Ukraine

We could not confirm from an official source which Ukrainian body licenses retail forex and CFD offers, or what limits apply. Treat any online platform with care and check its licence with the Ukrainian authorities before you trade.

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

Trading hours in Eastern European 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 15:00–19:00 EET/EEST. That is when US data such as payrolls and inflation is released and the price usually moves most. Ukraine is on EET (UTC+2) in winter and EEST (UTC+3) in summer, so the overlap falls in the late afternoon; it moves by an hour for a few weeks a year because Europe and the US change their clocks on different dates. The gold market hours tool shows every session in your own time zone.

How this UAH 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 = 45.436 UAH. 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 UAH = $129.98 × 45.436 = 5,906 UAH (24k, pure gold).
3. Price per 10 grams = 5,906 × 10 = 59,056 UAH.
4. For a lower purity, multiply by the fineness: 23k = 0.958, 18k = 0.75, 14k = 0.585, 12k = 0.5, 9k = 0.375.

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 Ukraine, 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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