Best Cloud Regions for Eastern Africa — July 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Eastern Africa, based on all of July 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 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 60.5ms | 59.1ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Azure | Johannesburg (ZA) | 58.9ms | 59.9ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | AWS | Dubai (AE) | 95.7ms | 61.9ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 71.4ms | 69.2ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Azure | Zurich (CH) | 135.8ms | 117.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 135.9ms | 122.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | GCP | Eemshaven (NL) | 144.6ms | 136.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | GCP | Zurich (CH) | 144.8ms | 141.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | GCP | Frankfurt (DE) | 139.6ms | 142.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | GCP | London (GB) | 150.0ms | 147.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 151.8ms | 151.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 162.4ms | 156.0ms | 1.6% | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | GCP | Turin (IT) | 148.5ms | 157.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | Alibaba | Frankfurt (DE) | 168.6ms | 157.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | GCP | Milan (IT) | 151.6ms | 158.0ms | 1.1% | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 123.0ms | 161.0ms | 0.3% | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 17 | AWS | Milan (IT) | 150.7ms | 167.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 163.8ms | 173.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 19 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 161.7ms | 173.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 20 | Azure | Amsterdam (NL) | 164.9ms | 173.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ranking month: July 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards