Gold price in Kenya today
One gram of gold in shillings by karat and by weight, at the Central Bank of Kenya dollar and at the open-market dollar, rebuilt every day from the world price.
Today's gold price in shillings, by karat and by weight
Priced on: 03.11.2026| Karat | 1 gram, CBK dollar | 1 gram, open-market dollar | 10 grams, CBK dollar | 10 grams, open-market dollar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 karat | KSh 16,495 | KSh 16,434 | KSh 164,947 | KSh 164,342 |
| 22 karat | KSh 15,120 | KSh 15,065 | KSh 151,202 | KSh 150,647 |
| 18 karat | KSh 12,371 | KSh 12,326 | KSh 123,711 | KSh 123,256 |
| 14 karat | KSh 9,622 | KSh 9,587 | KSh 96,219 | KSh 95,866 |
There is no Kenyan gold fixing: every figure below is the world gold price multiplied by a shilling rate. Official columns use the Central Bank of Kenya rate; open-market columns use the Binance P2P dollar. Karats are the 24 karat gram times the karat over twenty-four.
One gram and ten grams in 24, 22, 18 and 14 karat, at both dollar rates.
How the shilling price of one gram of 24 karat gold moved over the last two weeks.
Why the CBK rate and the open-market dollar give nearly the same shilling price.
Five pages that explain the price
Price by karat
Today's shilling price of one gram and ten grams in 24, 22, 18 and 14 karat, at the CBK dollar and at the open-market dollar.
02Day by day
How the shilling price of one gram of 24 karat gold moved over the last two weeks, at both dollar rates.
03Two dollars
How the world gold price in dollars becomes a shilling price, and why the two dollar rates nearly coincide.
04No local fixing
Why Kenya has no daily gold rate, and what to ask a jeweller to put in writing before you buy.
05Karat and grams
What 24, 22, 18 and 14 karat mean, how a gram price becomes a piece price, and why the jeweller's total differs.
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