Ethereum Gas Price on October 29, 2026

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

On October 29, 2026, the standard Ethereum gas price averaged 7.69 gwei, ranging from 0.036 to 233 gwei across 283 readings. That is +6551% versus October 28, 2026. The cheapest hour was 06:00–06:59 UTC (0.040 gwei) and the most expensive was 21:00–21:59 UTC (112 gwei).

Average

7.69 gwei

Low

0.036 gwei

High

233 gwei

ETH price (avg)

$2,318

Timing mattered: a USDT transfer (≈63,000 gas) cost about $0.0059 in the cheapest hour and $16.42 in the most expensive one, a 2780.3× difference for the same transaction. The day's average was above the surrounding gas level of 1.18 gwei (average of the 7 days up to this one).

Transaction costs on October 29, 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	$0.374	$11.34
Send USDT (ERC-20)	$0.0053	$1.12	$34.03
Swap on Uniswap	$0.013	$2.67	$81.03
Mint an NFT	$0.010	$2.14	$64.82
Bridge ETH to a layer-2	$0.0093	$1.96	$59.42

Hour by hour (UTC)

Hour	Avg gwei	Relative
00:00–00:59 UTC	0.049
01:00–01:59 UTC	0.069
02:00–02:59 UTC	0.097
03:00–03:59 UTC	0.058
04:00–04:59 UTC	0.041
05:00–05:59 UTC	0.046
06:00–06:59 UTC cheapest	0.040
07:00–07:59 UTC	0.043
08:00–08:59 UTC	0.047
09:00–09:59 UTC	0.045
10:00–10:59 UTC	0.055
11:00–11:59 UTC	0.043
12:00–12:59 UTC	0.045
13:00–13:59 UTC	0.096
14:00–14:59 UTC	0.168
15:00–15:59 UTC	0.305
16:00–16:59 UTC	0.366
17:00–17:59 UTC	0.423
18:00–18:59 UTC	0.172
19:00–19:59 UTC	0.113
20:00–20:59 UTC	21.6
21:00–21:59 UTC priciest	112
22:00–22:59 UTC	25.6
23:00–23:59 UTC	19.4

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