Ethereum Gas Price on October 28, 2026

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

On October 28, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 0.116 gwei, ranging from 0.036 to 0.604 gwei across 284 readings. That is -3% versus October 27, 2026. The cheapest hour was 05:00–05:59 UTC (0.039 gwei) and the most expensive was 20:00–20:59 UTC (0.265 gwei).

Average

0.116 gwei

Low

0.036 gwei

High

0.604 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,351

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0058 in the cheapest hour and $0.039 in the most expensive one, a 6.7× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was below the surrounding gas level of 0.122 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 28, 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	$0.030
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0054	$0.017	$0.089
Swap on Uniswap	$0.013	$0.041	$0.213
Mint an NFT	$0.010	$0.033	$0.170
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0094	$0.030	$0.156

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.053
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.052
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.053
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.041
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.046
05:00–05:59 UTC cheapest	0.039
06:00–06:59 UTC	0.046
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.076
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.102
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.155
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.110
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.096
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.108
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.153
14:00–14:59 UTC	0.218
15:00–15:59 UTC	0.161
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.176
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.140
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.230
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.238
20:00–20:59 UTC priciest	0.265
21:00–21:59 UTC	0.109
22:00–22:59 UTC	0.062
23:00–23:59 UTC	0.040

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