Ethereum Gas Price on October 18, 2026

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

On October 18, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.054 gwei, ranging from 0.022 to 0.289 gwei across 288 readings. That is -18% versus October 17, 2026. The cheapest hour was 01:00–01:59 UTC (0.033 gwei) and the most expensive was 14:00–14:59 UTC (0.120 gwei).

Average

0.054 gwei

Low

0.022 gwei

High

0.289 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,394

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0050 in the cheapest hour and $0.018 in the most expensive one, a 3.6× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding gas level of 0.137 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 18, 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	$0.0011	$0.0027	$0.015
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0033	$0.0082	$0.044
Swap on Uniswap	$0.0079	$0.020	$0.104
Mint an NFT	$0.0064	$0.016	$0.083
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0058	$0.014	$0.076

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.042
01:00–01:59 UTC cheapest	0.033
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.038
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.041
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.040
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.040
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.041
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.040
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.043
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.042
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.041
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.042
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.048
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.081
14:00–14:59 UTC priciest	0.120
15:00–15:59 UTC	0.057
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.073
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.057
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.062
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.112
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.067
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.042
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.062
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.043

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