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Gold price in Singapore today: UOB and Mustafa, a gram
Today’s gold prices from UOB’s own price list and Mustafa’s posted rates: 999 and 916 a gram, what your gold is worth, what a gram costs by bar size, GST on gold, and the world price in S$ a gram since 1988.
999 gold today, a gram
$162.62 to buy at UOB
- UOB sells
- $162.62
- UOB buys back
- $159.90
- Gap
- 1.7%
UOB’s Gold Savings Account, 10:42 pm, 30 Oct SGT. UOB calls its prices indicative only.
916 gold today, a gram
$154.60 at Mustafa
- 22K-916 jewellery
- $154.60
- 24K-999 bar, a gram
- $170.61
- 916 as a share of 999
- 90.6%
Mustafa’s posted rates, read 10:12 am, 31 Oct SGT. Mustafa doesn’t print the unit for 916; we read it as a price a gram, as it sits at about 91% of Mustafa’s 999 price a gram.
The world price, September 2026
$176.73 a gram
The World Bank’s monthly average of US$4,319 an ounce, at SingStat’s S$1.2727 to the US dollar: our conversion. A year earlier, $151.50.
GST: none on investment gold, bars and coins of at least 99.5% purity that meet IRAS’s conditions; 9% on jewellery (IRAS), and a shop may add a workmanship charge. At UOB: you need a UOB account to buy, and to sell back gold bought from 1 March 2025. Ways to buy, side by side
Gold prices today at UOB and Mustafa
UOB’s own selling and buying prices, with the time UOB gives for them, and Mustafa’s posted rates, with the time we read them.
UOB
| Item | UOB sells | UOB buys |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Savings Account, 1 g | $162.62 | $159.90 |
| Cast bar, 1 kg | $162,801.00 | $159,901.00 |
| PAMP gold bar, 100 g | $16,397.00 | $15,989.00 |
| Gold bullion coin, 1 oz | $5,212.00 | $4,973.00 |
UOB’s gold and silver prices, as at 10:42 pm, 30 Oct SGT; “indicative only”, in UOB’s words. All 23 of UOB’s prices
Mustafa
| Item | Mustafa’s rate | A gram |
|---|---|---|
| 22K-916 jewellery | $154.60 | $154.60 |
| 24K-999 gold bar, 100 g | $17,061.00 | $170.61 |
Mustafa’s home page, read 10:12 am, 31 Oct SGT. Mustafa posts one rate for each and doesn’t say whether it is what it sells or buys at. More on Mustafa’s rates
Ways to buy gold today, side by side
What a gram costs each way, what UOB would pay for it straight back, and the GST. A gold savings account holds grams with the bank; a bar or coin is metal you keep.
Ways to buy gold today, a gram
| What you buy | You pay a gram | Sold straight back, a gram | Lost on selling straight back | GST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOB Gold Savings AccountNo metal to keep: an account in grams | $162.62 | $159.90 | 1.7% | Not stated by UOB |
| UOB cast bar, 1 kgThe lowest a gram of UOB’s bars and coins today | $162.80 | $159.90 | 1.8% | None |
| UOB: PAMP bar, 100 g | $163.97 | $159.89 | 2.5% | None |
| UOB: PAMP bar, 10 g | $176.10 | $159.70 | 9.3% | None |
| UOB: PAMP bar, 1 g | $202.00 | $157.00 | 22.3% | None |
| UOB: gold bullion coin, 1 oz | $167.57 | $159.89 | 4.6% | None |
| Mustafa: 24K-999 bar, 100 gIts posted rate | $170.61 | Not published | – | None if it meets IRAS’s rules |
| Mustafa: 22K-916 jewelleryIts posted rate; workmanship extra | $154.60 | Not published | – | 9% |
UOB’s own prices (10:42 pm, 30 Oct SGT, indicative) divided by each item’s weight; Mustafa’s posted rates. “Sold straight back” is UOB’s own buying price; UOB buys back only gold bought from UOB, with the invoice. Whether Mustafa’s 916 rate includes GST, Mustafa doesn’t say. Every bar and coin
What your gold is worth
Put in the purity and the weight and see what the gold in it is worth at UOB’s prices and Mustafa’s rate.
What a gram costs, by bar and coin size
Broadly, the bigger the bar, the less a gram costs. Of UOB’s bars and coins today, the lowest a gram is the cast bar, 1 kg at $162.80; a 1 g PAMP bar costs $202.00 a gram, 24% more. Selling back loses less on a big bar too: 1.8% on the 1 kg bar against 22.3% on the 1 g bar, if you sold it straight back.
| Bar or coin | UOB sells | A gram | More a gram than the cheapest | Lost on selling straight back |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Savings Account, 1 g | $162.62 | $162.62 | – | 1.7% |
| Cast bar, 1 kg | $162,801.00 | $162.80 | +0.1% | 1.8% |
| Gold certificate, 1 kg | $162,801.00 | $162.80 | +0.1% | 1.8% |
| Argor cast bar, 100 g | $16,363.00 | $163.63 | +0.6% | 2.3% |
| PAMP gold bar, 100 g | $16,397.00 | $163.97 | +0.8% | 2.5% |
| PAMP gold bar, 50 g | $8,237.00 | $164.74 | +1.3% | 3.0% |
| Argor-Heraeus Lunar bar, 1 oz | $5,175.00 | $166.38 | +2.3% | 3.9% |
| Gold bullion coin, 1/2 oz | $2,592.00 | $166.67 | +2.5% | 4.1% |
| PAMP gold bar, 1/2 oz | $2,592.00 | $166.67 | +2.5% | 4.2% |
| PAMP gold bar, 20 g | $3,335.00 | $166.75 | +2.5% | 4.2% |
| UOB Lunar bar, 1 oz | $5,201.00 | $167.22 | +2.8% | 4.4% |
| Gold bullion coin, 1 oz | $5,212.00 | $167.57 | +3.0% | 4.6% |
| PAMP gold bar, 1 oz | $5,212.00 | $167.57 | +3.0% | 4.6% |
| Gold bullion coin, 1/4 oz | $1,313.00 | $168.86 | +3.8% | 5.4% |
| Argor-Heraeus Lunar bar, 10 g | $1,725.00 | $172.50 | +6.1% | 7.4% |
| UOB Lunar bar, 10 g | $1,751.00 | $175.10 | +7.7% | 8.8% |
| PAMP gold bar, 10 g | $1,761.00 | $176.10 | +8.3% | 9.3% |
| Gold bullion coin, 1/10 oz | $548.00 | $176.19 | +8.3% | 9.5% |
| PAMP gold bar, 5 g | $881.00 | $176.20 | +8.4% | 9.5% |
| PAMP gold bar, 2.5 g | $468.00 | $187.20 | +15.1% | 15.2% |
| Gold bullion coin, 1/20 oz | $298.00 | $191.62 | +17.8% | 17.1% |
| PAMP gold bar, 1 g | $202.00 | $202.00 | +24.2% | 22.3% |
UOB’s own selling and buying prices, as at 10:42 pm, 30 Oct SGT, divided by each item’s weight (1 oz = 31.1035 g). “Lost on selling straight back” is the gap between UOB’s selling and buying price for the same item. Gold certificates and the Gold Savings Account are not metal you keep.
916 gold
916 gold is 91.6% gold by weight, 22 karat (22/24). The rest is other metals.
At Mustafa’s rates, 916 jewellery is $154.60 a gram against $170.61 a gram for its 999 bar: 90.6% of the 999 price. The gold alone in a gram of 916, at UOB’s buying price, is $146.47.
A shop prices a new piece itself and may add a workmanship charge; ask what it is. Jewellery isn’t investment gold, so 9% GST applies: IRAS’s guide says “Examples of non-IPM are jewelry”. For a 20 g necklace, the gold at Mustafa’s rate is $3,092.00.
IRAS, GST: Guide on Exemption of Investment Precious Metals (IPM), Twentieth Edition, 30 Jan 2026. Mustafa’s rates from its home page.
The gold price in Singapore since 1988
The world price in S$ a gram, month by month, with UOB’s price from our daily reads, then the yearly averages.
World price, S$ a gram (monthly) UOB sells, a gram (our daily reads)
Tap or hover on the chart to read a value.
The world price, year by year
The average of the World Bank’s monthly prices, in US$ an ounce and in S$ a gram at SingStat’s monthly exchange rates.
| Year | S$ a gram | US$ an ounce | On the year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (9 months) | $187.09 | $4,552 | +29.6% |
| 2025 | $144.40 | $3,442 | +40.8% |
| 2024 | $102.52 | $2,388 | +22.2% |
| 2023 | $83.87 | $1,943 | +5.1% |
| 2022 | $79.77 | $1,801 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | $77.72 | $1,800 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | $78.47 | $1,770 | +28.4% |
| 2019 | $61.09 | $1,393 | +11.1% |
| 2018 | $55.00 | $1,269 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | $55.81 | $1,258 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | $55.42 | $1,249 | +8.1% |
| 2015 | $51.27 | $1,161 | -0.5% |
The other 27 years, back to 1988
| Year | S$ a gram | US$ an ounce | On the year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $51.53 | $1,266 | -9.2% |
| 2013 | $56.75 | $1,412 | -15.4% |
| 2012 | $67.06 | $1,670 | +5.7% |
| 2011 | $63.44 | $1,569 | +18.4% |
| 2010 | $53.57 | $1,225 | +18.0% |
| 2009 | $45.40 | $973 | +14.7% |
| 2008 | $39.58 | $872 | +17.4% |
| 2007 | $33.70 | $697 | +9.2% |
| 2006 | $30.85 | $604 | +29.5% |
| 2005 | $23.82 | $445 | +7.2% |
| 2004 | $22.22 | $409 | +9.2% |
| 2003 | $20.36 | $364 | +14.1% |
| 2002 | $17.84 | $310 | +14.3% |
| 2001 | $15.60 | $271 | +0.9% |
| 2000 | $15.46 | $279 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | $15.19 | $279 | -4.0% |
| 1998 | $15.82 | $294 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | $15.77 | $331 | -10.3% |
| 1996 | $17.57 | $388 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | $17.50 | $384 | -7.2% |
| 1994 | $18.85 | $384 | +1.0% |
| 1993 | $18.67 | $360 | +3.8% |
| 1992 | $18.00 | $344 | -10.6% |
| 1991 | $20.12 | $362 | -10.0% |
| 1990 | $22.35 | $384 | -6.5% |
| 1989 | $23.91 | $381 | -15.5% |
| 1988 | $28.28 | $437 | – |
World Bank, Commodity Price Data (the Pink Sheet), updated 2 Oct 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0; SingStat, Exchange Rates (Average For Period), Monthly (table M700051), updated 14 Oct 2026. The S$ figures are our conversion. Every month: download the CSV.
Our daily reads, a gram
The last price we read each day: UOB’s Gold Savings Account and Mustafa’s 916 rate.
| Day | UOB sells | UOB buys | Mustafa 916 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | – | – | $154.60 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | $162.62 | $159.90 | $159.80 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | $167.10 | $164.37 | $160.70 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | $168.44 | $165.71 | $161.90 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | $167.28 | $164.55 | $159.50 |
Common mistakes about gold prices
- “The price on the news is what I pay.” The news usually quotes US$ an ounce. In Singapore you pay in S$ a gram, and a dealer’s selling price is above its buying price: the cards above show today’s gap at UOB.
- “A gram is a gram, whatever the size.” At UOB a small bar or coin costs more a gram than a big bar: the size table shows by how much today.
- “A 916 piece is worth its weight at the 999 price.” Only 91.6% of it is gold. The calculator works out the gold in it for each purity.
- “What I paid for jewellery is what the gold is worth.” A new piece’s price carries 9% GST, and any workmanship charge the shop adds, on top of the gold. The calculator shows the gold alone; a shop buying it back sets its own price.
From UOB’s and Mustafa’s own prices and IRAS’s guide, linked in each section; the shares are this page’s, worked out from them.
Questions people ask
What is the gold price in Singapore today?
UOB sells 999 gold at $162.62 a gram and buys it back at $159.90 (its Gold Savings Account, 10:42 pm, 30 Oct SGT). Mustafa’s rate for 22K-916 jewellery is $154.60 a gram, and $170.61 a gram for its 999 bar (read 10:12 am, 31 Oct SGT). Smaller bars and coins generally cost more a gram, and jewellery carries 9% GST.
Is there GST on gold in Singapore?
Not on investment gold: since 1 October 2012, gold bars, wafers and coins of at least 99.5% purity that meet IRAS’s conditions are exempt. IRAS’s guide puts it as “It is gold of at least 99.5% purity, silver of at least 99.9% purity or platinum of at least 99% purity”. Jewellery is not investment gold, so 9% GST applies. (IRAS)
What is the difference between 999 and 916 gold?
999 is 99.9% gold (24 karat), the purity of bars and coins. 916 is 91.6% gold (22 karat), the purity Mustafa posts its jewellery rate for. A gram of 916 holds 0.916 g of gold.
Where can I sell my gold?
UOB buys back only gold bars and coins bought from UOB or OUB Singapore, with the invoice and the seal intact, and from 1 March 2025 only from UOB account holders, in its own words. Jewellers, pawnshops and other dealers buy gold at prices they set themselves; this page doesn’t list them. The calculator gives the value of the gold in your piece to compare an offer against.
Why does a small bar cost more a gram than a big one?
UOB prices each bar and coin on its own, and the smaller ones generally cost more a gram. The size table shows today’s price a gram for every UOB bar and coin, and how much more each is than the lowest.
How often do gold prices change?
UOB gives the date and time of its prices on its page; we read UOB’s list every hour from 9:10 am to 9:10 pm, and Mustafa’s rates at 10 am and 5 pm.
How we get these prices
- A job reads UOB’s gold and silver price list every hour from 9:10 am to 9:10 pm, with UOB’s own date and time for the prices. Mustafa’s home page doesn’t answer our server, so it is read from the editor’s computer at 10 am and 5 pm. A price is refused if UOB’s gram price is outside $50 to $1,000, its buying price isn’t below its selling price, either source moves more than 8% from our last read within four days, or Mustafa’s 916 rate isn’t 85% to 97% of its own 999 price; the page then keeps the last good read and says when it was.
- The world price is the World Bank’s monthly average for gold in US$ a troy ounce (the Pink Sheet, CC BY 4.0), converted with SingStat’s monthly average S$ per US$ and 31.1035 g an ounce: our conversion, from January 1988, the first month SingStat gives. Both are re-read once a day.
- The calculator multiplies the weight by its purity and by UOB’s Gold Savings Account price a gram, taken as pure gold. It is the gold in the piece, not a shop’s offer.
- GST: IRAS’s GST: Guide on Exemption of Investment Precious Metals (IPM), Twentieth Edition, 30 Jan 2026, read 27 Oct 2026 and re-read on our update schedule.
- We show UOB’s and Mustafa’s prices as facts, with each named and its page linked; Numbers.sg is not connected to either, no one pays us, and this page has no affiliate links. It is not advice on whether to buy gold. The calculator runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere. See our disclaimer, how we get our numbers and corrections.
Changes to this page
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New: the gold price in Singapore today, 999 and 916 a gram, from UOB’s own price list (read every hour) and Mustafa’s posted rates (twice a day), with the time of each. Also: what the gold in your piece is worth by weight and purity, what a gram costs at every UOB bar and coin size and what you lose selling straight back, GST on investment gold against jewellery from IRAS’s guide, and the world price in S$ a gram every month since 1988 from the World Bank and SingStat (CSV). Plus a page for every UOB gold price and one for Mustafa’s rates. See today’s gold prices