Best Cloud Regions for Eastern Africa — May 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Eastern Africa, based on all of May 2026's measurements across 1000+ cities worldwide. Published on the 1st of each month for the previous month. Compare AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Tencent, Huawei and Alibaba to pick the fastest region for Eastern Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 52.5ms | 52.4ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 71.6ms | 69.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 72.4ms | 72.3ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | GCP | Zurich (CH) | 139.8ms | 141.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | GCP | Milan (IT) | 140.0ms | 141.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | GCP | Turin (IT) | 140.2ms | 141.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | AWS | Milan (IT) | 145.7ms | 147.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | GCP | London (GB) | 152.5ms | 147.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 149.0ms | 147.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 153.4ms | 149.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | GCP | Warsaw (PL) | 150.9ms | 151.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | GCP | Eemshaven (NL) | 152.4ms | 153.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | GCP | Berlin (DE) | 153.0ms | 153.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 153.7ms | 153.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | GCP | Frankfurt (DE) | 154.1ms | 154.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 156.8ms | 157.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Oracle | Frankfurt (DE) | 159.8ms | 160.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Oracle | Zurich (CH) | 162.8ms | 162.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 164.2ms | 164.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | AWS | Dubai (AE) | 167.8ms | 168.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Ranking month: May 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards