RPC method

eth_gasPrice on Celo

Supported on SwiftNodes

Everything below was measured on 2026-10-13 by calling eth_gasPrice on Celo through the same endpoint customers use, and is re-measured weekly.

What eth_gasPrice does

Returns the node's suggested gas price in wei for a legacy (type 0) transaction. On EIP-1559 chains it is usually the current base fee plus a suggested tip, which can sit well above what transactions actually pay.

eth_gasPrice on Celo: what we measured

eth_gasPrice	200 gwei
Base fee of the latest block	200 gwei
eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas	2.50 gwei
Median tip paid (last 20 blocks)	1.00 gwei

Should you use it?

eth_gasPrice (200 gwei) was within 0% of the base fee plus the median tip paid (201 gwei), so it is a reasonable default on Celo.

Example request

curl -s https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/celo?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[]}'

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/celo?key=YOUR_API_KEY"),
});

const gasPrice = await client.getGasPrice(); // legacy price, wei

// EIP-1559 fees from recent blocks instead of the suggestion
const { baseFeePerGas, reward } = await client.getFeeHistory({ blockCount: 20, rewardPercentiles: [50] });
const tips = reward!.map((r) => r[0]).sort((a, b) => (a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0));
const maxPriorityFeePerGas = tips[10];
const maxFeePerGas = baseFeePerGas.at(-1)! * 2n + maxPriorityFeePerGas;

Other methods on Celo

eth_gasPrice on other chains

Frequently asked questions

Does Celo support eth_gasPrice?

Yes. eth_gasPrice answered on the SwiftNodes Celo endpoint when our weekly probe called it through the customer path (2026-10-13).

What is the gas price on Celo?

eth_gasPrice returned 200 gwei on 2026-10-13, with a base fee of 200 gwei. Live values are on our Celo gas page.

Celo endpoints, live block height and WebSocket status are on the Celo RPC page.

One key covers every chain we serve, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.