Best Cloud Regions for Sub-Saharan Africa — May 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Sub-Saharan 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 Sub-Saharan Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 101.6ms | 101.6ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 106.3ms | 106.3ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 120.0ms | 120.1ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Oracle | Cardiff (GB) | 125.5ms | 125.5ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Alibaba | Frankfurt (DE) | 125.8ms | 125.8ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Alibaba | Paris (FR) | 131.7ms | 131.8ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Oracle | London (GB) | 132.0ms | 132.4ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Oracle | Frankfurt (DE) | 133.8ms | 133.8ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 134.2ms | 134.2ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | AWS | Zaragoza (ES) | 137.9ms | 137.9ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Alibaba | London (GB) | 137.8ms | 138.2ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 141.7ms | 141.6ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | AWS | London (GB) | 142.2ms | 142.1ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Huawei | Dublin (IE) | 142.0ms | 142.1ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 143.3ms | 143.3ms | 0.6% | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | GCP | London (GB) | 143.4ms | 143.6ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | GCP | Eemshaven (NL) | 144.1ms | 144.4ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 145.6ms | 145.6ms | 0.6% | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | Oracle | Amsterdam (NL) | 146.4ms | 147.7ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 147.8ms | 147.8ms | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 12 |
Ranking month: May 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards