Best Cloud Regions for Sub-Saharan Africa — July 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Sub-Saharan 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 Sub-Saharan Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 52.6ms | 48.2ms | 0.1% | 4 | 3 | 55 |
| 2 | Azure | Johannesburg (ZA) | 59.9ms | 57.4ms | 0.3% | 4 | 3 | 57 |
| 3 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 73.7ms | 58.2ms | 0.8% | 4 | 3 | 58 |
| 4 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 70.2ms | 60.6ms | 0.2% | 4 | 3 | 55 |
| 5 | AWS | London (GB) | 103.2ms | 101.0ms | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Oracle | Sao Paulo (BR) | 149.7ms | 108.0ms | 4.2% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 109.0ms | 108.2ms | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | GCP | Sao Paulo (BR) | 152.6ms | 109.0ms | 0.4% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Huawei | Sao Paulo (BR) | 148.0ms | 109.0ms | 0.4% | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Tencent | Sao Paulo (BR) | 146.7ms | 109.0ms | 0.5% | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Azure | Brussels (BE) | 116.6ms | 110.2ms | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | AWS | Zaragoza (ES) | 112.6ms | 111.0ms | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | AWS | Sao Paulo (BR) | 158.3ms | 111.0ms | 0.9% | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | AWS | Dublin (IE) | 147.1ms | 112.5ms | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 113.6ms | 113.0ms | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 112.8ms | 113.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Oracle | London (GB) | 114.6ms | 114.3ms | 0.0% | 3 | 2 | 38 |
| 18 | Alibaba | London (GB) | 118.7ms | 118.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| 19 | GCP | London (GB) | 122.1ms | 123.0ms | 0.2% | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| 20 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 131.6ms | 125.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 2 | 19 |
Ranking month: July 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards