Ethereum Gas Price on October 5, 2026

Monday · Final daily report · Source: GasNow recordings every five minutes

On October 5, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.467 gwei, ranging from 0.063 to 3.46 gwei across 288 readings. That is +281% versus October 4, 2026. The cheapest hour was 02:00–02:59 UTC (0.084 gwei) and the most expensive was 16:00–16:59 UTC (1.78 gwei).

Average

0.467 gwei

Low

0.063 gwei

High

3.46 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,714

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.014 in the cheapest hour and $0.304 in the most expensive one, a 21.2× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 0.234 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 5, 2026

What common transactions cost at the day's lowest, average and highest gas price, using the day's average ETH price.

Action	At low	At average	At high
Send ETH	$0.0036	$0.027	$0.197
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.011	$0.080	$0.592
Swap on Uniswap	$0.026	$0.190	$1.41
Mint an NFT	$0.021	$0.152	$1.13
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.019	$0.139	$1.03

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.117
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.085
02:00–02:59 UTC cheapest	0.084
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.094
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.090
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.091
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.090
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.120
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.122
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.115
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.164
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.135
12:00–12:59 UTC	1.03
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.605
14:00–14:59 UTC	0.937
15:00–15:59 UTC	1.18
16:00–16:59 UTC priciest	1.78
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.812
18:00–18:59 UTC	1.04
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.842
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.302
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.730
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.320
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.325

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