# View NAT gateway CloudWatch metrics
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NAT gateway metrics are sent to CloudWatch at 1-minute intervals. Metrics are grouped first by the service namespace, and then by the possible combinations of dimensions within each namespace. You can view the metrics for your NAT gateways as follows.

**To view metrics using the CloudWatch console**

1. Open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Metrics**, **All metrics**.

1. Choose the **NATGateway** metric namespace.

1. Choose a metric dimension.

**To view metrics using the AWS CLI**  
At a command prompt, use the following command to list the metrics that are available for the NAT gateway service.

```
aws cloudwatch list-metrics --namespace "AWS/NATGateway"
```