Why Use an Ethereum Gas Heatmap?
Monitoring hourly and daily Gwei fluctuations helps you avoid high gas fees when interacting with DeFi protocols, minting NFTs, or executing multi-sig wallet transactions on Ethereum Mainnet.
Live Propose Gas
0.000 Gwei
Real-time DB Feed
Total ETH Burned
4,592,108 ETH
EIP-1559 Value: $15.7B USD
Max Heatmap Scale
0.000 Gwei
Peak Gwei Benchmark
Network Staking Rate
34.85 M ETH
28.9% Total Supply Staked
Ethereum Gas Price Heatmap Matrix
Average network gas prices aggregated by UTC hour and day of week
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Optimal
Moderate
Congested
* Marked with (*) represents current live UTC hour
* All times normalized to UTC
Gas Congestion Gauge
Real-time valuation based on current proposed base fee.
Historical Gwei Trend (Last 7 Days)
Estimated Mainnet Action Costs
ETH Transfer
21,000 Gas Units
$0.61 USD
ERC-20 Token Transfer
65,000 Gas Units
$1.88 USD
Uniswap V3 Token Swap
150,000 Gas Units
$4.35 USD
NFT Mint / OpenSea Order
210,000 Gas Units
$6.09 USD
Layer-2 Rollup Swap Comparison
Arbitrum One
$0.02 USD
Optimism (OP Mainnet)
$0.03 USD
Base Network
$0.01 USD
Polygon zkEVM
$0.04 USD
Frequently Asked Questions
Key concepts regarding Ethereum gas mechanics, Gwei units, fee optimization, and Layer-2 rollups.
When is the cheapest time of day to send an Ethereum transaction?
Historically, Ethereum gas fees (Gwei) reach their lowest levels between 00:00 UTC and 08:00 UTC, particularly on Saturday and Sunday when institutional trading desks and DeFi automated arbitrage bots reduce contract interactions.
What is Gwei and how does it calculate Ethereum gas fees?
Gwei is a denomination of Ether equal to 0.000000001 ETH (10-9 ETH). Total transaction fees are calculated with the formula:
Total Fee = Gas Units Used × (Base Fee + Priority Fee)
How did EIP-1559 change Ethereum gas fees?
EIP-1559 replaced blind first-price auctions with a predictable Base Fee that adjusts automatically per block based on network demand. This Base Fee is permanently burned, making ETH supply deflationary during high transaction volume phases.
Why are Layer-2 fees significantly cheaper than Ethereum Mainnet?
Layer-2 networks (such as Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base) bundle hundreds of off-chain transactions into single aggregated proofs or blobs posted to Mainnet. This distributes fixed Ethereum security costs across thousands of users simultaneously.
What is the difference between Base Fee and Priority Fee?
The Base Fee is the mandatory minimum price per gas unit required for transaction inclusion in a block (and is burned). The Priority Fee is an optional tip paid directly to validators to incentivize faster inclusion during periods of heavy congestion.