Base gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-04 04:36 UTC from our own Base nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 1.3e-7 ETH |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 3.9e-7 ETH |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 9e-7 ETH |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract. As a rollup, Base also charges an L1 data fee per transaction that is not included here.
Last 14 hours
Low 0.006 · median 0.006 · high 0.0062 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Base fee facts
- Gas is paid in ETH.
- Blocks arrive every 2.0 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Base 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/base?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Base block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Base right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-04 04:36 UTC) a standard Base transaction needed about 0.006 gwei: a base fee of 0.005 gwei plus a median tip of 0.001 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 1.3e-7 ETH. The page updates every minute.
How much does Base gas vary in a day?
Over the last 14 hours the standard price ranged from 0.006 to 0.0062 gwei, with a median of 0.006 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Base.
Base endpoints are on the Base RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.