1 kg Gold Price in Dubai Today (INR & AED)

Today’s live price of 1 kg of gold in Dubai for 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K, in Indian Rupees and UAE Dirham. Prices update automatically through the day from the international gold price.

A kilogram of 24K gold is worth 1,000 times the per-gram rate. Today in Dubai that rate is ₹12,320.35 (AED 480.76) a gram, so a kilo bar's gold value is a thousand times that figure, before the dealer's premium. In plain terms, you're looking at a sum well into crores of rupees, or hundreds of thousands of dirhams.

At that size, small details move big money. A one-dirham difference per gram is AED 1,000 on the bar.

A kilo of gold in other units

• 1,000 grams
• 100 lots of 10 g (the Indian price unit)
• About 85.7 tola (at 11.6638 g per tola)
• About 32.15 troy ounces
• 125 pavan (at 8 g each)

Kilo bars in Dubai are almost always 24K (999 or 999.9). You won't find kilo-weight jewellery sold as a single item, though a large bridal order can add up to it.

Today's price by weight, up to the large sizes

The table below shows today's Dubai price for a range of weights, so you can scale up from what's listed to a full kilo.

How a kilo bar is priced

Large bars are the cheapest way to buy gold per gram, because refining and handling costs are spread over so much metal. Here's how a quote is built, using illustrative numbers rather than today's.

Compare that with a 10 g bar, where a premium of AED 60 or so adds AED 6 a gram. The kilo bar's premium in this example adds only AED 1.50 a gram. Our guide to buying gold bars in Dubai covers brands, assay certificates and which sizes trade most easily.

Paying for a kilo: identification and reporting

Expect paperwork. Precious metal dealers in the UAE are required to identify buyers and to report any cash deal of AED 55,000 or more. A kilo bar is far above that, so have your passport or Emirates ID ready, whether you pay cash or not. Most buyers at this level use a bank transfer, which leaves a clean trail on both sides.

If you're thinking about cards, foreign exchange fees and limits can add up fast on a purchase this large. Our page on paying by card or cash in Dubai sets out the trade-offs.

Can you take 1 kg of gold to India?

Yes, but not duty-free. India's eligible passenger scheme allows Indian passport holders or people of Indian origin returning after at least six months abroad to bring up to 1 kg of gold, in any form including bars, on payment of duty in convertible foreign currency. Short visits to India of up to 30 days during those six months can be ignored.

The concessional rate is 15% (10% basic customs duty plus 5% AIDC), in force since the May 2026 duty hike; before that it was 6%. Importantly, duty is calculated on the value Customs assesses (the tariff value), not on your Dubai bill.

A worked customs example

Imagine Farhan, who has worked in Abu Dhabi for three years, flies to Kochi with a 1 kg bar. Assume, purely for illustration, that Customs assesses its value at ₹1,00,00,000.

• Duty at 15%: ₹15,00,000
• Payable in convertible foreign currency, so he needs enough dollars or dirhams with him
• He must declare it through the red channel or the Customs e-declaration

On the cash side, he'll need to declare any foreign currency notes above US$5,000, or total foreign exchange above US$10,000, which a duty payment of this size will almost certainly exceed. Our full explainer on the 1 kg eligible passenger scheme covers documents and timing, and how Customs values your gold explains the tariff value. Rules change, so confirm with CBIC or Indian Customs before you fly.

What about a kilo of jewellery?

Families planning a large wedding sometimes add up their order and find it close to a kilo across all the pieces. The maths changes completely. Jewellery is usually 22K, so the gold value uses the 22K rate of ₹11,285.28 (AED 440.37) a gram, which is lower than 24K. But making charges come in, often several times the premium on a bar, and 5% VAT applies to the whole invoice.

Take an illustrative 1,000 g of 22K at AED 366 a gram, with making at an average of AED 25 a gram:

• Gold: AED 366,000
• Making: AED 25,000
• VAT at 5%: AED 19,550
• Total: AED 410,550, or about AED 410.55 a gram all-in

So a kilo of jewellery holds less pure gold than a kilo bar (916 g versus 999 g) yet costs more. That's normal; you're paying for design and craft. Just don't think of it as an investment equal to a bar. On the India side, only the duty-free jewellery allowance of each passenger (40 g for women and 20 g for men after a year abroad) is exempt, and the rest is dutiable.

Is a kilo bar the right buy for you?

It suits you if you're investing a large sum, want the lowest premium per gram, and plan to hold for years. The five-year chart below gives a sense of how the 24K price has moved over a longer horizon.

It may not suit you if you might need to sell part of it. You can't sell half a bar. Many buyers split the same money into several 100 g or 10-tola bars for flexibility, accepting a slightly higher premium.

Storage matters too. A kilo of gold is small (roughly the size of a smartphone, a little thicker) but extremely valuable. Our page on storing gold bars safely looks at bank lockers, vaults and insurance.

Kilo-bar checklist

• Check the live 24K rate in Dubai and ask for the premium separately.
• Confirm purity (999 or 999.9), serial number and assay certificate.
• Carry passport or Emirates ID; expect the dealer to record your details.
• Pay by bank transfer where possible and keep every receipt.
• If flying to India, check eligibility, arrange foreign currency for duty and declare at the red channel.
• For how per-gram, ounce and tola prices connect, see our per-gram pillar guide.