Gold Chain Price in Dubai: 22K and 18K Chains for Men and Women

The gold chain price in Dubai is mostly the price of the gold in it: grams multiplied by the day's rate for the karat, plus the shop's making charge, plus 5% VAT. On the chains we read, the gold was most of the bill and the making charge a smaller share than on small rings. What moves the price is the weight, and the weight depends on the length and thickness you choose. Below: today's gold value for chains of 4 to 20 grams, seven chains one UAE store listed on 14 November 2026, and how to make sure you pay for the weight you actually take home.

4.4-15.1 g

gold weight of seven chains one UAE store listed on 14 Nov 2026

78-87 %

share of the gold in the final price of those chains

14-24 in

lengths offered on them (35.56 to 60.96 cm)

9.5-21.5 %

making charge as a share of the gold value

How the gold chain price in Dubai is calculated

The Dubai Jewellery Group (DJG) sets a suggested retail price per gram for 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K gold each day, from the international gold price converted into dirhams.¹² DJG calls it a unified price, meant to keep the gold part the same across stores.³ The shop then adds its making charge, and 5% VAT goes on both.¹⁰

Gold value of a chain at today's rate (example weights, not the weight of a particular chain; the 16 g row answers a common question):

Weight	22K, AED	18K, AED
4 g	1,734.00	1,425.00
5 g	2,167.50	1,781.25
8 g	3,468.00	2,850.00
10 g	4,335.00	3,562.50
16 g	6,936.00	5,700.00
20 g	8,670.00	7,125.00

To price a chain the shop has just weighed for you, type the weight into the gold value calculator. The live per-gram figure is on the 22K gold rate today page.

Seven chains from one store, line by line

Tanishq's UAE online shop shows a price breakdown on each chain. On 14 November 2026 it priced the gold at that day's DJG rate for the karat.¹¹¹

Chain	Karat	Length shown first	Gold, g	Gold, AED	Making, AED	Price, AED
Box chain, women	22K	45.72 cm	4.444	1,926.47	240.81	2,276
Rava ball chain, women	22K	48.26 cm	4.781	2,072.56	279.80	2,470
Classic chain, men	22K	35.56 cm	7.496	3,249.52	308.70	3,736
Chain, men	22K	50.8 cm	9.516	4,125.19	515.65	4,873
Oval link chain, men	22K	60.96 cm	15.085	6,539.35	1,078.99	7,999
Oval link chain, men	18K	45.72 cm	6.609	2,354.46	317.85	2,806
Chain, women	18K	45.72 cm	6.356	2,264.33	486.83	2,889

By our arithmetic on the listed figures:

• The gold is most of the bill. It was 78% to 87% of the final price. Visit Dubai puts the gold price at roughly 80 to 90 per cent of the final price of a piece.⁷¹¹
• The classic chain cost least to make. The classic 22K men's chain had the lowest making charge, 9.5% of its gold value. The box chain and the plain men's chain were at 12.5%.¹¹
• Chains cost less to make than rings here. At the same store on the same day, light plain rings carried 25.5% to 26.5%; see the ring price breakdowns.¹¹

Gold chains for men and for women

In this listing the men's chains were the heavy ones: four men's chains weighed 6.609 g to 15.085 g, with making charges of 9.5% to 16.5% of the gold value. The three women's chains weighed 4.444 g to 6.356 g.¹¹

The women's 18K chain carried 21.5%, against 13.5% for the men's 18K oval link chain of almost the same weight. The difference is the design, not the gold: in Abu Dhabi, Visit Abu Dhabi says, the craftsmanship charge varies according to the intricacy of the piece.¹¹¹³

Delicate chains and slimmed down bracelets are replacing heavier rings and thick bangles

Visit Dubai, insider's guide to gold in Dubai

For children, the same store lists a foxtail chain for kids; the price works the same way, by weight.¹¹

Length, weight and the clasp

On the seven pages above, lengths ran from 35.56 cm to 60.96 cm, which is 14 to 24 inches. Some designs come in one length only; one men's chain came in 40.64, 50.8 and 60.96 cm, the women's box chain in 35.56 and 45.72 cm.¹¹

• Clasp. The 18K men's oval link chain is secured by a small hook clasp.¹¹ Ask whether the stated weight includes the clasp, and whether the clasp is the same karat.
• Pendant. If you buy a pendant with the chain, get the weight and karat of each piece on separate lines, so each can be checked against the rate.

Chain styles and where they come from

The UAE listing above names box, rava ball, foxtail, mesh and oval link chains, among others.¹¹ Visit Dubai mentions lightweight Singaporean, Malaysian and Turkish gold jewellery stocked for everyday wear.⁷ At the Sharjah Gold Centre you can buy designs from India, Italy, Turkey and Malaysia, or have a piece custom-made, and the craftsmanship charge can be negotiated.⁹

Chains are one of the pieces Dubai jewellers commonly make in 22K, Visit Dubai says.⁷ 22K is 22 parts gold out of 24 (fineness 916); 18K is 18 parts (750) and costs less per gram.¹⁴¹⁴ A white gold chain gets its colour from the alloy, which has more nickel; DJG says pure 24K gold cannot change colour without losing purity.⁴ Compare karats on the 18K gold price per gram page.

Is the chain real gold, and is the weight right?

A chain is easy to check on two things: the mark and the scale.

1. Find the mark. UAE law forbids selling a gold article that is not stamped with the official hallmark or a recognised foreign one, and DJG says every item must carry a hallmark or tag.⁵¹⁴ All jewellery sold in the UAE also carries the quality mark of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology.⁶
2. Watch it weighed. The gold value is weight x rate, so the weight on the scale must match the weight on the invoice.
3. Test it if in doubt. The Dubai Gold Souk has a gold purity self-check kiosk.⁶ Our guide on how to test gold purity covers the other methods.
4. Keep the paperwork. Dubai gold dealers must give a digital authentication certificate on request, with the karat, gold weight, stone weight and labour cost.⁷

Prices are open to bargaining in the Gold Souk: Visit Dubai says retailers will offer a bargain if you are fair with your price.⁸ Compare two or three Gold Souk jewellers on the making charge for the same weight, on the same day.

Selling a chain or trading it in

A used chain is valued by its material value, which DJG says may be much lower than its purchase price.⁴ A plain chain has no stones to deduct, so its value is close to its weight times the buyer's rate for the karat. Two retailers publish their terms:

• Tanishq takes plain gold jewellery from other jewellers in its exchange programme, values it after a purity test on a karatmeter in the store, and gives store credit, not cash.¹¹
• Joyalukkas does exchanges on net weight, excluding stones and dust, and asks for the original tax invoice.¹²

If you want cash rather than credit, compare offers per gram from gold buyers in the UAE.