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Gas tracker

Polygon gas tracker

Sampled 2026-10-16 22:27 UTC from our own Polygon nodes; refreshes every minute.

Standard
379
gwei
Base fee (next block)
248
gwei
Tip p10 / p50 / p90
117 / 131 / 153
gwei, last 10 blocks

What common actions cost now

Transfer (21,000 gas)0.008 POL
ERC-20 transfer (~65,000 gas)0.0246 POL
DEX swap (~150,000 gas)0.0569 POL

Execution gas only, at the standard price; real gas use depends on the contract.

Last 24 hours

Low 167 · median 337 · high 631 gwei (standard price, one sample a minute).

Polygon fee facts

  • Gas is paid in POL.
  • Blocks arrive every 1.5 s (measured), and the base fee can change with every block.
  • Polygon 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/polygon?key=YOUR_API_KEY") });

// EIP-1559 fees for the next Polygon block, from eth_feeHistory
const { maxFeePerGas, maxPriorityFeePerGas } = await client.estimateFeesPerGas();

Frequently asked questions

What is the gas price on Polygon right now?

At the last sample (2026-10-16 22:27 UTC) a standard Polygon transaction needed about 379 gwei: a base fee of 248 gwei plus a median tip of 131 gwei. A plain transfer (21,000 gas) cost about 0.008 POL. The page updates every minute.

How much does Polygon gas vary in a day?

Over the last 24 hours the standard price ranged from 167 to 631 gwei, with a median of 337 gwei.

Gas on every chain at once: the multi-chain gas tracker. How fees are estimated: eth_feeHistory on Polygon.

Polygon endpoints are on the Polygon RPC page, and SwiftNodes has a free tier.