Gold rate in Peshawar today
The 24K gold rate in Peshawar today is Rs 428,363 per tola, Rs 36,726 per gram and Rs 367,258 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 392,666 per tola. Twenty-one karat, common in Gulf-style designs, is Rs 374,817, and 18 karat — the standard for diamond and stone settings — is Rs 321,272. Twenty karat, occasionally quoted for lighter pieces, works out at Rs 356,969 per tola.
Silver in Peshawar is trading at Rs 5,908 per tola for 999 fine, or Rs 15,755 per troy ounce.
The Peshawar gold market
Peshawar's gold trade sits around the Qissa Khwani and Namak Mandi area and serves Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alongside a long-standing cross-border trade. The design vocabulary here is distinct — heavier, more traditional pieces than you see in Punjab, with 22 carat dominating almost completely and making charges more often settled per gram than as a percentage.
Where Peshawar sits against the rest of Pakistan
Of the 47 Pakistan markets we price, Peshawar is currently the 30th cheapest . It sits Rs 150 per tola above Karachi, the national floor. Bannu, the dearest market, is a further Rs 60 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 Peshawar: 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 Peshawar: 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 427,893 against Rs 428,832 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 Peshawar today, the kat alone is Rs 267,727. Add the spread and you receive roughly Rs 1,872,033 against a headline value of Rs 2,141,813. How the deduction is calculated, and how to negotiate it, is worth reading before you sell anything.
Buying gold in Peshawar
Hallmarking is less consistently applied in Peshawar than in Karachi or Lahore, so verify the karat rather than relying on a stamp. Any shop with an XRF analyser will read the exact composition in seconds without marking the piece, and most will do it free. On heavy traditional sets, ask specifically what wastage percentage is being applied — it is often where the real margin sits.
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 Peshawar rates a gram of 24K gold costs about 73× a gram of 999 silver. Silver rates for Peshawar are published in full.
Before you buy or sell in Peshawar
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.