Arbitrum gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-04 04:37 UTC from our own Arbitrum nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 4.2e-7 ETH |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 0.0000013 ETH |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 0.000003 ETH |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract. As a rollup, Arbitrum also charges an L1 data fee per transaction that is not included here.
Last 14 hours
Low 0.02 · median 0.02 · high 0.021 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Arbitrum fee facts
- Gas is paid in ETH.
- Blocks arrive every 0.28 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block, several times a second.
- Arbitrum uses EIP-1559 fees: set maxFeePerGas above the base fee and a maxPriorityFeePerGas tip.
Get fees in code
import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";
const client = createPublicClient({ transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/arbitrum?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Arbitrum block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Arbitrum right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-04 04:37 UTC) a standard Arbitrum transaction needed about 0.02 gwei: a base fee of 0.02 gwei plus a median tip of 0 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 4.2e-7 ETH. The page updates every minute.
How much does Arbitrum gas vary in a day?
Over the last 14 hours the standard price ranged from 0.02 to 0.021 gwei, with a median of 0.02 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Arbitrum.
Arbitrum endpoints are on the Arbitrum RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.