Ethereum Gas Price on October 20, 2026

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

On October 20, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.226 gwei, ranging from 0.035 to 2.15 gwei across 288 readings. That is +140% versus October 19, 2026. The cheapest hour was 08:00–08:59 UTC (0.040 gwei) and the most expensive was 14:00–14:59 UTC (1.38 gwei).

Average

0.226 gwei

Low

0.035 gwei

High

2.15 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,415

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0060 in the cheapest hour and $0.210 in the most expensive one, a 34.8× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 0.136 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 20, 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	$0.0018	$0.011	$0.109
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0053	$0.034	$0.328
Swap on Uniswap	$0.013	$0.082	$0.780
Mint an NFT	$0.010	$0.065	$0.624
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0092	$0.060	$0.572

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.081
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.205
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.130
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.152
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.090
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.072
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.049
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.040
08:00–08:59 UTC cheapest	0.040
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.041
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.041
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.053
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.095
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.129
14:00–14:59 UTC priciest	1.38
15:00–15:59 UTC	1.13
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.458
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.430
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.248
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.150
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.137
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.128
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.091
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.054

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