About KSAGoldLive: Who We Are and How We Work
KSAGoldLive publishes live gold prices for Saudi Arabia in both Arabic and English, along with the context a buyer actually needs to use them.
What Makes Our Approach Different
Most gold price sites publish a number and stop there. We think a number alone is not enough to make a good decision, because the price a buyer pays at the counter is built from three parts: the metal value, the shop’s making charge, and 15 percent VAT.
So we do not only show the per-gram rate. We also publish VAT-inclusive tables, indicative buy and sell prices, and the making charge ranges that are normal for each type of piece. The aim is that a reader walks into a shop already knowing what to expect, rather than receiving a figure they cannot interpret.
Who We Write For
Three groups, principally. Ordinary buyers who want to know the price before buying a gift or a wedding set. Savers considering gold as a store of value who need to understand the difference between bullion and jewellery. And readers looking for the rules on zakat and how to calculate it.
We also serve the large expatriate communities in the Kingdom, which is why we publish rates converted into several home currencies and explain how Saudi prices compare with markets in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Egypt.
Where Our Prices Come From
Our rates derive from international spot gold prices, converted into Saudi Riyal at the fixed peg of 3.7500 and adjusted for karat purity. Prices refresh automatically several times a day, and every page carries the timestamp of the most recent update.
The full methodology, including the conversion factors and the update cycle, is set out on our editorial standards page.
What We Do Not Do
We do not sell gold, and we have no commercial relationship with the shops or brands mentioned on this site. We do not provide personalised financial or investment advice. And we do not issue religious rulings; our zakat pages describe the mainstream scholarly positions and note where scholars differ, which is a matter for readers to resolve with a scholar they trust.
Why This Site Exists
Gold occupies an unusual place in Saudi life. It is jewellery, savings, a wedding gift, a hedge against uncertainty and a zakatable asset all at once, and most people buy it a handful of times across a lifetime. That combination means buyers face high-value decisions without the repetition that builds expertise.
Meanwhile the information available is thin. Shops quote a total. Price sites publish a number. Neither explains the gap between the two, which on a wedding set can run to several thousand riyals. We built this site to close that gap in plain language.
What We Publish
Live rates for 24K, 22K, 21K and 18K in Saudi Riyal, by gram, tola, ounce and other common weights, refreshed automatically through the day.
City pages covering the main Saudi markets, explaining the local trade while being explicit that the metal rate itself is national and identical everywhere.
Calculators for piece value, resale estimates, weight conversion and zakat, each tied to the live rate rather than a stale figure.
Guides on making charges, VAT, buying, selling, hallmarks, bullion and customs, written to be used before walking into a shop rather than read afterwards.
Currency pages converting Saudi rates into the home currencies of the Kingdom’s largest expatriate communities, with the market differences that actually matter when comparing.
Our Editorial Principles
We publish ranges where the truth is a range, such as making charges, rather than inventing a single figure that sounds authoritative. We say when scholars disagree, such as on zakat for worn jewellery, rather than picking one view and presenting it as settled. And where rules change over time, such as customs allowances, we point readers to the responsible authority instead of stating a number that may already be out of date.
We would rather be useful than definitive on questions that have no definitive answer.
Bilingual by Design
The site is published in Arabic and English, and neither is a translation of the other. Each language has its own pages written for its own readers, because the questions differ. Arabic readers ask about local markets, zakat and family purchases. English readers more often ask how Saudi prices compare with home, what the VAT rules mean, and what to do about carrying gold across borders.
Corrections
If you find an error on any page, tell us. We correct mistakes promptly and are glad to be told about them. Use the contact page.