Ethereum gas tracker
Sampled 2026-10-11 17:12 UTC from our own Ethereum nodes; refreshes every minute.
What common actions cost now
| Transfer (21,000 gas) | 0.000016 ETH |
| ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas) | 0.00005 ETH |
| DEX swap (~150,000 gas) | 0.00012 ETH |
Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract.
Last 24 hours
Low 0.057 · median 0.078 · high 0.86 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).
Ethereum fee facts
- Gas is paid in ETH.
- Blocks arrive every 12.0 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
- Ethereum 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/eth?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });
// EIP-1559 fees for the next Ethereum block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();Frequently asked questions
What is the gas price on Ethereum right now?
At the last sample (2026-10-11 17:12 UTC) a standard Ethereum transaction needed about 0.77 gwei: a base fee of 0.47 gwei plus a median tip of 0.3 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 0.000016 ETH. The page updates every minute.
How much does Ethereum gas vary in a day?
Over the last 24 hours the standard price ranged from 0.057 to 0.86 gwei, with a median of 0.078 gwei.
Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Ethereum.
Ethereum endpoints are on the Ethereum RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.