Ethereum Gas Price on October 21, 2026

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

On October 21, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.142 gwei, ranging from 0.026 to 1.17 gwei across 288 readings. That is -37% versus October 20, 2026. The cheapest hour was 06:00–06:59 UTC (0.035 gwei) and the most expensive was 15:00–15:59 UTC (0.691 gwei).

Average

0.142 gwei

Low

0.026 gwei

High

1.17 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,470

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0054 in the cheapest hour and $0.108 in the most expensive one, a 20.0× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 0.128 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 21, 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	$0.0013	$0.0074	$0.061
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0040	$0.022	$0.182
Swap on Uniswap	$0.0095	$0.053	$0.432
Mint an NFT	$0.0076	$0.042	$0.346
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0070	$0.039	$0.317

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.046
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.045
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.040
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.040
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.039
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.037
06:00–06:59 UTC cheapest	0.035
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.039
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.052
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.044
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.042
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.057
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.081
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.258
14:00–14:59 UTC	0.605
15:00–15:59 UTC priciest	0.691
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.307
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.204
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.141
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.149
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.083
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.079
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.149
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.145

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