Where can I buy the best silver in Kathmandu?

DPPL trades from the 5th floor of Sasa Complex on New Road, Kathmandu — Nepal's precious-metal market. We deal only in 999 fine silver: bars of 100 g, 500 g and 1 kg, and loose silver grain sold by weight. Every piece is weighed on calibrated scales in front of you and leaves with a full invoice, and we buy back documented metal at the published purchase rate.

What is today's silver price in Nepal?

The current silver rate for Kathmandu — sale and purchase, per tola and per 10 grams — is published on dppl.com.np and updated each morning from the official Kathmandu bullion market reference. One tola is 11.6638 grams.

Is DPPL a silver importer or a retail dealer?

Both. DPPL supplies investment-grade 999 fine silver bars and industrial silver grain to households, jewellers and businesses in Kathmandu, in quantities from 100 grams upward. Call 01-5915052 for larger commercial orders.

What does 999 fine silver mean?

999 fine means 99.9% pure silver, the standard for investment bullion and higher than sterling silver at 92.5%. Every DPPL bar is stamped with its fineness, weight and the DPPL diamond mark.

How much do making charges add to a silver bar?

The published rate is the price of the metal by weight. Bars also carry a making charge for refining, casting, stamping and packaging, added at the counter and itemised on the invoice. Making charges are lower per gram on larger bars.

Does DPPL buy silver back?

Yes. DPPL buys back bullion it has sold at the purchase rate published on the day of the buy-back. Bring the metal and the original invoice; the bar is weighed and checked, and payment is made at the counter.

What are DPPL's opening hours and location?

DPPL is open Sunday to Friday, 10:30 to 18:00 NPT, closed Saturdays and public holidays, at 5th Floor, Sasa Complex, New Road, Kathmandu 44600. Call 01-5915052 or WhatsApp +977 980-561-7932.

How silver is priced in Nepal: tola, ten gram, and the spread

Buying well2 July 20267 min readDiamond Palace Pvt. Ltd.

Most people buying silver for the first time in Nepal are surprised by how many numbers are involved. There is a rate per tola and a rate per ten grams. There is a sale price and a purchase price, and they are not the same. And then there are making charges. None of this is complicated once explained, but nobody explains it, so here it is.

The tola and the gram

One tola is 11.6638 grams. That figure is not arbitrary — it descends from the traditional weight standards of the subcontinent, and it has stayed in use in Nepal's bullion trade long after the metric system took over everywhere else.

In practice both units are quoted. A rate board shows the price of one tola and the price of ten grams, and you can convert between them yourself: divide the tola rate by 1.16638 to get the ten-gram rate, or multiply the other way. If a dealer quotes only one, ask for the other and check the arithmetic. Any honest dealer will do this happily.

Sale and purchase are two different prices

Every rate board carries two figures. The sale rate is what you pay to buy metal from the dealer. The purchase rate is what the dealer pays you to buy metal back. The purchase rate is always lower — the difference is called the spread, and it is how a bullion counter covers its costs and makes its margin.

A narrow, publicly posted spread is a sign of a healthy dealer. It means the shop expects to trade in volume rather than extract a large margin from each customer, and it means you can see exactly what buying and immediately selling would cost you. Be cautious anywhere the purchase rate is hidden, vague, or quoted only when you arrive to sell.

DPPL publishes both the sale and the purchase rate on this site every day, side by side. You always know what we will buy back at before you buy.

Where the daily rate comes from

The rate in Nepal follows the international silver price, converted to rupees and adjusted for local import costs and demand. The reference rate for the Kathmandu market is set each morning, and dealers price against it. This is why every shop on New Road quotes roughly the same number: they are all working from the same reference, competing on service, stock and spread rather than on the metal price itself.

The rate is set in the morning and generally holds for the trading day, though a sharp move in international markets can change it. This is also why a rate published on a website — including this one — is a reference figure, and the rate confirmed at the counter at the moment of your transaction is the one that governs.

Making charges

Here is the part that catches people out. The published rate is the price of the metal by weight. A bar is not merely metal — it has been refined to 999 fineness, cast or minted, stamped with weight and maker's mark, and packaged. That work costs money, and it is charged separately as a making charge.

So the price of a 100 gram bar is the day's ten-gram rate multiplied by ten, plus the making charge. Making charges are generally lower per gram on larger bars, which is the main reason a kilo bar is better value per gram than ten separate hundred-gram bars. Loose grain, which requires no fabrication into a finished bar, is priced differently again.

When comparing dealers, compare the total: rate plus making charge, not the headline rate alone. A shop advertising a keen rate and a heavy making charge may be more expensive than one doing the opposite.

What to check on your invoice

The weight, stated exactly — 100.0 g, not "about 100 g"
The fineness — 999 for fine silver bullion
The rate applied, and the date it applies to
The making charge, shown as its own line
Any applicable taxes, itemised
The dealer's registration details

This document is not paperwork for its own sake. It is what makes your bar liquid: a documented bar from a known dealer can be sold back at the published purchase rate without argument. An undocumented bar invites a discount, a delay, or a refusal.

A worked example

Suppose the ten-gram sale rate is Rs 3,800. A 100 gram bar contains ten of those units, so the metal is worth Rs 38,000. Add the making charge for a 100 gram bar, and that total — plus any applicable tax — is what you pay. If you sold that same bar back on the same day, you would receive the purchase rate on the metal: the making charge is not recoverable, because you are selling metal, not fabrication.

This is the single most useful thing to understand before buying. It means silver is a poor instrument for very short-term trading, and a reasonable one for patient accumulation. The making charge is amortised over however long you hold: trivial across five years, significant across five days.

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