Ethereum Gas Price on October 26, 2026

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

On October 26, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.116 gwei, ranging from 0.036 to 0.751 gwei across 282 readings. That is +168% versus October 25, 2026. The cheapest hour was 22:00–22:59 UTC (0.041 gwei) and the most expensive was 15:00–15:59 UTC (0.475 gwei).

Average

0.116 gwei

Low

0.036 gwei

High

0.751 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,317

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0060 in the cheapest hour and $0.069 in the most expensive one, a 11.5× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding gas level of 0.141 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 26, 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	$0.0057	$0.037
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0053	$0.017	$0.110
Swap on Uniswap	$0.013	$0.040	$0.261
Mint an NFT	$0.010	$0.032	$0.209
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0092	$0.030	$0.192

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.055
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.072
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.045
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.103
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.075
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.064
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.058
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.049
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.070
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.056
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.047
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.048
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.080
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.245
14:00–14:59 UTC	0.230
15:00–15:59 UTC priciest	0.475
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.347
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.280
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.111
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.087
20:00–20:59 UTC	0.048
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.063
22:00–22:59 UTC cheapest	0.041
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.048

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