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Gold price per gram in SAR
Live gold spot, converted to the units you actually weigh in — and what it means for the zakat nisāb in Saudi Riyal.
Gold price per gram in SAR
- Per gram
- ٥١٩٫١١ ر.س.
- Per troy ounce
- ١٦٬١٤٦٫٠٠ ر.س.
- Per kilogram
- ٥١٩٬١٠٦ ر.س.
Priced from gold-api.com, fetched 2026-09-17 06:00 UTC. Converted at currency-api rates.
Why a troy ounce is not an ounce
Precious metals are quoted per troy ounce, which is exactly 31.1034768 grams. The ordinary avoirdupois ounce used for food is about 28.35 g. They are different units with the same name, and dividing a spot price by the wrong one leaves you roughly 9% adrift — enough to put a borderline holding on the wrong side of the nisāb.
So the per-gram figure above is the spot price divided by 31.1034768, and the per-kilogram figure is that multiplied by a thousand. The same constant is used by the calculator and by the iOS app — it is defined once and imported, never retyped.
What this means for your zakat
The gold nisāb is 85 g, so at today's price that threshold is ٤٤٬١٢٤ ر.س. in SAR on the AAOIFI (85g gold / 595g silver) standard. Wealth at or above the governing nisāb, held for a lunar year, is zakatable at 2.5%.
Gold price in other currencies
An educational estimate. Prices come from the same cache the app uses, and the calculation shows its full working so you can check it yourself or take it to someone who can.