Gold rate in Rawalpindi today
The 24K gold rate in Rawalpindi today is Rs 464,009 per tola, Rs 39,782 per gram and Rs 397,820 per 10 grams. Rates on this page are recalculated throughout the trading day, so the figure you see is the one in force right now.
For jewellery buyers the more relevant grade is 22 karat, currently Rs 425,342 per tola. Twenty-one karat, common in Gulf-style designs, is Rs 406,008, and 18 karat — the standard for diamond and stone settings — is Rs 348,007. Twenty karat, occasionally quoted for lighter pieces, works out at Rs 386,674 per tola.
Silver in Rawalpindi is trading at Rs 7,217 per tola for 999 fine, or Rs 19,246 per troy ounce.
The Rawalpindi gold market
The Raja Bazaar sarafa cluster supplies not just Rawalpindi but much of northern Punjab and the Hazara belt, and that wholesale volume is why Pindi frequently quotes below its neighbour Islamabad despite being twenty minutes away. Several rate sites benchmark to the Rawalpindi/Islamabad sarafa rather than to Karachi, which is one reason two honest Pakistani sites can publish different numbers for the same day.
Where Rawalpindi sits against the rest of Pakistan
Of the 47 Pakistan markets we price, Rawalpindi is currently the 9th cheapest . It sits Rs 100 per tola above Karachi, the national floor. Bannu, the dearest market, is a further Rs 110 above here.
That gap is not a markup anyone chose. The metal costs the same everywhere on earth at any given second — what differs is the cost of getting a physical bar onto a counter in Rawalpindi: freight from the point of import, insurance in transit, security and storage, and how many dealers compete locally. The live national ranking shows every market side by side.
Selling gold in Rawalpindi: what you actually receive
Two deductions sit between the rate on this page and the money in your hand. The dealer buys at the bidding price rather than the asking price — currently Rs 463,540 against Rs 464,479 per tola — and on finished jewellery the traditional ratti masha kat takes a minimum of 12.5% off the weight before any rate is applied at all.
On a five tola set in Rawalpindi today, the kat alone is Rs 290,006. Add the spread and you receive roughly Rs 2,027,985 against a headline value of Rs 2,320,045. How the deduction is calculated, and how to negotiate it, is worth reading before you sell anything.
Buying gold in Rawalpindi
The wholesale character cuts both ways. Prices are keen and stock is deep, but presentation, returns policy and paperwork are weaker than in a Blue Area showroom. Buy here for weight and rate; be more careful than usual about getting weight, karat and the rate applied written on the invoice.
Whatever else you do, get four figures separately before agreeing anything: the metal rate for the exact karat you are buying, the making charge, the wastage percentage, and the tax. With those four, two shops become directly comparable. With a single all-in price, they cannot be — and a shop unwilling to break it down has told you something about the price.
One more local reference point: at current Rawalpindi rates a gram of 24K gold costs about 64× a gram of 999 silver. Silver rates for Rawalpindi are published in full.
Before you buy or sell in Rawalpindi
These cost people more money than the rate itself does, and each is worth two minutes:
- Never agree a weight without checking the unit. A tola is 11.6638 grams, not 12 — the difference is about 2.9% on every single quote.
- Know what a sale actually pays before you walk in. Ratti masha kat takes a minimum 12.5% off the weight of finished jewellery, on top of the bid/ask spread.
- Making charges, not the gold rate, are what differ between shops. How they are calculated, and why a low charge with high wastage can cost more than the reverse.
- Check the karat before you check the price. What the stamps guarantee and which tests actually prove anything — the magnet test only works in one direction.
- Understand where the number comes from. The full chain from dollar spot to the board outside your jeweller, with today's live figures at each step.