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Gold Price in Austria Today
Live 24K gold rate in EUR, per gram. Every purity, every weight.
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At a glance
Austria market summary
- Region
- Europe
- ISO code
- AT · AUT
- Currency
- EUR — Euro
- Preferred weight
- Gram (g)
Today's Gold Market Summary in Austria
Gold prices in Austria are calculated from the international XAU/USD spot price and the latest EUR exchange rate. The displayed spot-derived value does not include local dealer premiums, taxes or jewellery making charges.
Recently, Austria's average gold price has been €123.91 per gram.
What moves this price day to day, and how purity and weight change what you actually get →
Quick Facts
Country
Austria
Currency
EUR
Default Unit
Gram
Data Source
gold-api.com
About gold in Austria
Austrian law (the Punzierungsgesetz, or Hallmarking Act) sets a notably high minimum: gold jewellery must be at least 585/1000 (14 karat) to be legally hallmarked and sold as gold in Austria. Austria has also given a name to a specific, well-documented gold-buying scam known as "Autobahngold" ("highway gold"), where counterfeit hallmarked rings are sold to unsuspecting drivers at motorway rest stops using urgent, high-pressure stories — common enough that Austrian jewellers routinely warn customers to have any purchased piece independently re-tested rather than trust the hallmark alone.
Market notes for Austria
Investment gold in Austria -- bars and coins meeting EU purity rules, plus Austria's own commercial gold coins such as ducats, crowns and guilders -- is exempt from VAT under the same EU-wide investment-gold framework used across the bloc. Gold coins below 90% purity don't qualify for that exemption.
Buying gold in Austria
A coin or medal priced well above its pure metal value (more than 250% of the material value) is treated in Austria as a collectible rather than investment gold and can carry a reduced 10% VAT rate instead of full exemption -- worth checking before assuming a coin purchase is VAT-free.
Tax and duty notes for Austria
Investment-grade gold coins at 90%+ purity (Vienna Philharmonic, Maple Leaf, Krugerrand, and Austria's own ducats, crowns and guilders) and qualifying bars are VAT-exempt in Austria under the EU investment-gold rules. Collector coins and medals priced well above their metal value instead carry a reduced 10% VAT rate. No gold-jewellery-specific VAT rate distinct from Austria's standard rate was found in available sources.
Sources
What the Austria research is based on
Each claim below traces to a specific, checkable source rather than a general reference.
- MM-Edelmetalle — Is Gold Tax-Free in Austria? All Information 2026
Supports: Investment-gold VAT exemption, 90% coin purity threshold, and qualifying coin types
Checked Sep 1, 2026
- Gold&Co — Differenzbesteuerung (differential taxation)
Supports: 10% reduced VAT rate for collector coins/medals priced above 250% of material value
Checked Sep 1, 2026
Live prices
By purity · per g
- 24 karat24 Karat (999.9)€119.34per g
- 22 karat22 Karat (916.7)€109.41per g
- 21 karat21 Karat (875)€104.44per g
- 18 karat18 Karat (750)€89.52per g
- 14 karat14 Karat (583.3)€69.62per g
- 10 karat10 Karat (416.7)€49.74per g
Gold Price by Purity
Live prices in EUR.
| Purity | Per g | Per oz t | Per tola | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 karat (999.9) | €119.34 | €3,712.00 | €1,392.00 | €119,343.49 |
| 22 karat (916.7) | €109.41 | €3,403.13 | €1,276.17 | €109,413.12 |
| 21 karat (875) | €104.44 | €3,248.32 | €1,218.12 | €104,436.00 |
| 18 karat (750) | €89.52 | €2,784.28 | €1,044.10 | €89,516.57 |
| 14 karat (583.3) | €69.62 | €2,165.42 | €812.03 | €69,620.02 |
| 10 karat (416.7) | €49.74 | €1,546.94 | €580.10 | €49,735.40 |
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Estimated value
€119.34
€119.34 per gram at selected purity
Trend
Last 30 days
Per gram · EUR
- Change
- -1.97%
- Low
- €119.36
- High
- €130.30
Historical data is presented from the site's retained market samples and daily rollups.
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About the Euro (EUR)
Gold in Austria is quoted in Euro (EUR, €). Our engine converts the international spot price using the live USD/EUR exchange rate.
- 1 USD in EUR
- 0.866
- 1 EUR in USD
- 1.154734
- Decimals
- 2
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Methodology
How we calculate the price
- We fetch the international spot gold price (XAU/USD) live from gold-api.com, with automatic failover between providers.
- The spot rate is converted into the local currency using live exchange rates from exchangerate-api.com, then scaled by purity (24K, 22K, 18K…) and by weight (gram, tola, ounce, kilogram, baht).
- The result is the pure spot value. Retail counters may add dealer premium, tax and making charges — the number here is the underlying benchmark.