Best Cloud Regions for Southern Africa — May 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Southern 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 Southern Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 10.1ms | 2.9ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 11.1ms | 4.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 15.9ms | 19.2ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | AWS | Zaragoza (ES) | 123.0ms | 132.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | AWS | Dubai (AE) | 147.2ms | 133.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | GCP | Madrid (ES) | 125.8ms | 137.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 124.3ms | 139.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | GCP | Riyadh (SA) | 189.5ms | 143.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | AWS | London (GB) | 133.3ms | 144.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 130.8ms | 151.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Oracle | London (GB) | 127.2ms | 151.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 132.0ms | 151.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 125.1ms | 154.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | AWS | Dublin (IE) | 141.1ms | 154.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Oracle | Cardiff (GB) | 136.7ms | 156.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Huawei | Dublin (IE) | 145.8ms | 160.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Oracle | Amsterdam (NL) | 139.2ms | 160.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | GCP | Turin (IT) | 139.0ms | 161.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | AWS | Milan (IT) | 139.0ms | 162.0ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 135.5ms | 162.5ms | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Ranking month: May 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards