Avalanche gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-05 09:15 UTC from our own Avalanche nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 0.0002 AVAX |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 0.00062 AVAX |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 0.0014 AVAX |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract.
Last 24 hours
Low 5.00 · median 6.50 · high 109 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Avalanche fee facts
- Gas is paid in AVAX.
- Blocks arrive every 1.3 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Avalanche 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/avalanche?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Avalanche block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Avalanche right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-05 09:15 UTC) a standard Avalanche transaction needed about 9.53 gwei: a base fee of 5.00 gwei plus a median tip of 4.52 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 0.0002 AVAX. The page updates every minute.
How much does Avalanche gas vary in a day?
Over the last 24 hours the standard price ranged from 5.00 to 109 gwei, with a median of 6.50 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Avalanche.
Avalanche endpoints are on the Avalanche RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.