Cost to send USDC on Solana: $0.00059
Live network fee for a USDC (SPL) transfer, updated 19 min ago.
Sending USDC on Solana currently costs about $0.00059 in network fees (0.000005 SOL), or $0.241 if the recipient has never held USDC on Solana. The fee is paid in SOL, not in USDC: keep a little SOL in the wallet or the transfer will fail.
USDC also exists on 10 other networks we track. 3 of them are cheaper right now — the cheapest is USDC on Sonic at $0.00014. Only switch networks if the recipient (wallet or exchange deposit address) explicitly supports that network.
Every Solana transaction pays 5,000 lamports (0.000005 SOL) per signature, plus an optional priority fee. The current median priority fee is 0 micro-lamports per compute unit. Sending an SPL token to a wallet that has never held it requires creating an associated token account, which locks a refundable rent deposit of 0.00203928 SOL ($0.240) — usually paid by the sender.
USDC transfer cost on every network
| Network | Existing holder | New holder |
|---|---|---|
| Sonic | $0.00014 | $0.00014 |
| OP Mainnet | $0.00018 | $0.00018 |
| Unichain | $0.00027 | $0.00027 |
| Solana | $0.00059 | $0.241 |
| Base | $0.0011 | $0.0011 |
| Celo | $0.0014 | $0.0014 |
| Polygon PoS | $0.0021 | $0.0021 |
| Arbitrum One | $0.0035 | $0.0035 |
| Avalanche C-Chain | $0.0037 | $0.0037 |
| Ethereum | $0.029 | $0.029 |
| TRON | $2.28 | $4.51 |
USDC on Solana: contract
EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v — view on explorer. Never trust a contract address from a DM or an ad.
FAQ
How much does it cost to send USDC on Solana?
About $0.00059 right now (0.000005 SOL), paid in SOL. The estimate is refreshed every 10 minutes from public Solana nodes.
Why does an exchange charge more to withdraw USDC on Solana?
Exchanges set their own flat withdrawal fee, often well above the actual network fee, to cover operations and fee spikes. The figure on this page is the on-chain network fee only.
What happens if I send USDC on the wrong network?
Tokens sent to an address on a network the recipient does not support can be lost or need a costly manual recovery. Always check that the receiving wallet or exchange lists Solana as a deposit network for USDC.
What is the USDC contract address on Solana?
EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v (source: CoinGecko). Verify it on solscan.io before adding the token to your wallet.
See also: Solana gas fees · transfer cost calculator · methodology. Estimates, not quotes.
Data updated: 2026-10-01 10:40 UTC.