Ethereum Gas Price on October 22, 2026

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

On October 22, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.280 gwei, ranging from 0.034 to 4.45 gwei across 288 readings. That is +97% versus October 21, 2026. The cheapest hour was 23:00–23:59 UTC (0.046 gwei) and the most expensive was 14:00–14:59 UTC (2.39 gwei).

Average

0.280 gwei

Low

0.034 gwei

High

4.45 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,411

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0069 in the cheapest hour and $0.364 in the most expensive one, a 52.4× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 0.138 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 22, 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	$0.0017	$0.014	$0.226
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0051	$0.043	$0.677
Swap on Uniswap	$0.012	$0.101	$1.61
Mint an NFT	$0.0098	$0.081	$1.29
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0090	$0.074	$1.18

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.046
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.106
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.064
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.158
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.046
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.050
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.079
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.129
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.204
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.136
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.145
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.168
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.157
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.365
14:00–14:59 UTC priciest	2.39
15:00–15:59 UTC	0.723
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.544
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.427
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.192
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.240
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.130
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.107
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.072
23:00–23:59 UTC cheapest	0.046

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