Today’s nisab value.
The nisab is the minimum wealth at which zakat becomes due. It is fixed in two classical measures of precious metal, so its value in dollars moves with the gold and silver markets. The number below is the realizable value — what your metal would actually fetch if sold to a dealer, the fairer threshold. The higher live spot price sits beside it; tap the ⓘ for why they differ.
live spot: $11,302why?
Dealers pay roughly 10% under the spot / London benchmark — that gap covers their margins, refining, handling, and security. So the realizable value — what you would actually receive selling your gold— is the fairer zakat threshold, and that is the big number above. This follows the National Zakat Foundation (UK) standard. Today’s margin is 10% (standard 10% estimate).
live spot: $1,102why?
Dealers pay roughly 10% under the spot / London benchmark — that gap covers their margins, refining, handling, and security. So the realizable value — what you would actually receive selling your silver— is the fairer zakat threshold, and that is the big number above. This follows the National Zakat Foundation (UK) standard. Today’s margin is 10% (standard 10% estimate).
Which one to use? Most contemporary charities and scholars use the lower silver threshold, because it draws more givers in and brings more relief to the poor. Some follow the goldthreshold, which sits closer to what nisab meant in the Prophet’s ﷺ time. Both are valid — here is how to choose, fairly.
How today’s number is made
Spot price alone overstates the nisab. A dealer buying real gold or silver from the public prices in their margins — assaying, refining, transport, storage, security — and so pays meaningfully under spot. Pegging the threshold to spot would set the bar above what your metal would actually realize if sold.
Following the National Zakat Foundation (UK) standard, we compute the nisab from a daily basket of named public sources — spot benchmarks and accessible dealer rates — averaged with an unweighted mean. Every source, its latest value, and the formula are published right here, refreshed each day.
| Source | Kind | Gold $/oz | Silver $/oz | Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MetalPriceAPI — LBMA spot benchmark | spot benchmark | $4,017.71 | $55.90 | Jul 19, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC | live |
Gold-API.com — live spot feed | spot benchmark | $4,019.30 | $56.08 | Jul 19, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC | live |
MetalPriceAPI — live market bid/ask Live market bid / ask — for transparency; the retail margin is applied separately. | live bid/ask | $4,015.81 / $4,019.61 | $55.82 / $55.99 | Jul 19, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC | live |
Are you above the nisab?
Add up your zakatable wealth, pick a threshold, and see whether zakat is due — and roughly how much. Everything stays in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Reference nisab as of 2026-07-19 · daily multi-source basket — see methodology. 2.5% is the standard zakat al-māl rate. This tool is for guidance; consult a qualified scholar for edge cases.
For a full worksheet — investments, retirement accounts, receivables, trade goods, and the liabilities you may deduct — use the complete zakat calculator.
Back-zakat? Look up a past date
Paying for a missed year? Each year’s zakat is owed against the nisab that applied on that year’s anniversary — not today’s. Look up the realizable threshold for any past date.
Look up a past date’s nisab
Catching up on a missed zakat year? Enter a past zakat-anniversary date to see the realizable gold and silver nisab that applied then, so you can apply the correct threshold for that year.
The full zakat calculator
A complete worksheet against today’s nisab — cash, metals, investments, retirement, receivables, trade goods, liabilities.
Understand zakah
An interactive guide to the third pillar — what zakah is, who pays, when, on what, how much, and to whom.
New questions? The frequently asked questions cover how often the nisab changes, whether jewelry and retirement accounts count, when zakat is due, who can receive it, and why our gold price differs from the spot quote you may see elsewhere.