Ethereum Gas Price on October 9, 2026

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

On October 9, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.212 gwei, ranging from 0.074 to 1.24 gwei across 288 readings. That is -77% versus October 8, 2026. The cheapest hour was 23:00–23:59 UTC (0.088 gwei) and the most expensive was 16:00–16:59 UTC (0.827 gwei).

Average

0.212 gwei

Low

0.074 gwei

High

1.24 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,489

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.014 in the cheapest hour and $0.130 in the most expensive one, a 9.4× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding gas level of 0.438 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 9, 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	$0.0039	$0.011	$0.065
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.012	$0.033	$0.194
Swap on Uniswap	$0.028	$0.079	$0.462
Mint an NFT	$0.022	$0.063	$0.370
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.020	$0.058	$0.339

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.111
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.096
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.133
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.112
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.118
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.119
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.119
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.114
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.122
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.114
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.176
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.124
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.197
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.249
14:00–14:59 UTC	0.363
15:00–15:59 UTC	0.410
16:00–16:59 UTC priciest	0.827
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.557
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.306
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.269
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.158
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.109
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.091
23:00–23:59 UTC cheapest	0.088

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