Polygon Gas Price in Gwei
$40.00
Polygon gas prices are measured in Gwei. Three tiers: slow (30 to 60 sec), standard (8 to 16 sec), and fast (under 3 sec). All under $0.01 under normal conditions.
Gwei is the standard unit for measuring Polygon gas prices. One Gwei equals 0.000000001 POL.
Three gas price tiers:
- Slow (Safe Low): 30 to 60 Gwei. Confirmation 30 to 60 seconds. Best for non-urgent transactions.
- Standard (Average): 80 to 120 Gwei. Confirmation 8 to 16 seconds. Recommended for most users.
- Fast (High Priority): 150 to 200+ Gwei. Confirmation under 3 seconds. Ideal for time-sensitive DeFi.
During congestion the base fee can spike to 500+ Gwei. Even at these elevated levels USD cost remains very low. The mandatory minimum priority fee on Polygon PoS mainnet is 25 Gwei.
Reviews
"Understanding gas price tiers changed how I use Polygon. For non-urgent transactions I pick slow tier and the savings add up."
- Mike T., Polygon Validator