Bitcoin Volatility Clock
When does the Bitcoin price move the most? This page shows the average volatility by weekday and time of day, computed from our own 5-minute price series since 2012. You cannot compute that from daily close data.
Average price range per hour. All bars on the same scale from 0 to 1.14% (most volatile hour).
Heatmap: weekday × hour (UTC)
Value = average price range (high-low)/low per hour, averaged over all history. Times in UTC.
Most volatile time slots
Frequently asked questions
01When is Bitcoin most volatile?
Averaged over all data since 2012, hourly volatility peaks on Wednesday, 18:00-19:00 UTC (avg 1.14% range per hour). The calmest hour is Sunday, 05:00-06:00 UTC (avg 0.54%).
02Are weekends calmer?
Weekday hourly range averages 0.82%, weekends 0.65%.
03How is volatility calculated?
For each hour we take the range (high - low) / low and average it across all history per weekday and hour, from our own 5-minute price database since 2012. All times in UTC.