Ethereum Gas Price on October 6, 2026

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

On October 6, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.544 gwei, ranging from 0.095 to 4.45 gwei across 288 readings. That is +17% versus October 5, 2026. The cheapest hour was 07:00–07:59 UTC (0.127 gwei) and the most expensive was 10:00–10:59 UTC (2.34 gwei).

Average

0.544 gwei

Low

0.095 gwei

High

4.45 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,704

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.022 in the cheapest hour and $0.399 in the most expensive one, a 18.4× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 0.296 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 6, 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	$0.0054	$0.031	$0.253
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.016	$0.093	$0.759
Swap on Uniswap	$0.039	$0.221	$1.81
Mint an NFT	$0.031	$0.177	$1.44
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.028	$0.162	$1.32

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.190
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.143
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.152
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.138
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.172
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.148
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.188
07:00–07:59 UTC cheapest	0.127
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.203
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.563
10:00–10:59 UTC priciest	2.34
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.681
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.375
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.449
14:00–14:59 UTC	1.24
15:00–15:59 UTC	0.981
16:00–16:59 UTC	1.64
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.563
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.805
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.439
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.505
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.245
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.281
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.494

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