Ethereum Gas Price on October 8, 2026

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

On October 8, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.940 gwei, ranging from 0.094 to 12.3 gwei across 288 readings. That is +38% versus October 7, 2026. The cheapest hour was 22:00–22:59 UTC (0.124 gwei) and the most expensive was 15:00–15:59 UTC (6.62 gwei).

Average

0.940 gwei

Low

0.094 gwei

High

12.3 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,520

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.020 in the cheapest hour and $1.05 in the most expensive one, a 53.3× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 0.443 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 8, 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	$0.0050	$0.050	$0.649
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.015	$0.149	$1.95
Swap on Uniswap	$0.036	$0.355	$4.63
Mint an NFT	$0.028	$0.284	$3.71
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.026	$0.260	$3.40

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.145
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.558
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.170
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.175
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.263
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.128
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.130
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.136
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.129
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.129
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.175
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.228
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.302
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.994
14:00–14:59 UTC	1.28
15:00–15:59 UTC priciest	6.62
16:00–16:59 UTC	4.32
17:00–17:59 UTC	2.73
18:00–18:59 UTC	1.95
19:00–19:59 UTC	1.14
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.412
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.192
22:00–22:59 UTC cheapest	0.124
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.138

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