9 October 2026
Why is a gold ounce heavier than a normal ounce?
Gold doesn't use the ounce you know. It uses the troy ounce, 31.1 grams, compared with a regular ounce of 28.35 grams. See today's 24K price per gram, per 10 grams and per ounce, and why comparing per gram keeps things simple in Dubai.
Transcript
Why is gold's ounce heavier than a normal ounce? Here's the twist. Gold doesn't use the ounce you know. It uses the troy ounce. That's thirty-one point one grams. A regular ounce? Just twenty-eight point three five. So a gold ounce is almost three grams heavier. Today, 24 karat is five hundred and four dirhams a gram. Ten grams is five thousand and forty dirhams, and an ounce is just over three times that. Quick tip: at the souk, always compare per gram. Follow for tomorrow's rate.
