Best Cloud Regions for Australia and New Zealand — August 2026

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Cloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Australia and New Zealand, based on all of August 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 Australia and New Zealand.

Rank	Provider	Region Name	Avg Latency	Median Latency	Loss	Cities	ASN Count	Samples
1	Azure	Auckland (NZ)	32.9ms	31.4ms	0.4%	10	14	172
2	GCP	Sydney (AU)	32.3ms	31.6ms	0.4%	10	14	168
3	Azure	Sydney (AU)	32.9ms	32.0ms	0.2%	10	14	167
4	AWS	Sydney (AU)	32.1ms	32.1ms	0.3%	10	14	167
5	Oracle	Sydney (AU)	34.8ms	34.5ms	0.3%	10	14	167
6	AWS	Melbourne (AU)	39.5ms	36.6ms	0.5%	10	14	167
7	GCP	Melbourne (AU)	40.2ms	38.1ms	0.2%	10	14	168
8	Oracle	Melbourne (AU)	41.6ms	38.3ms	0.2%	10	14	167
9	Tencent	Singapore (SG)	124.5ms	97.1ms	0.7%	4	7	31
10	GCP	Jakarta (ID)	115.2ms	111.5ms	0.2%	4	7	32
11	Alibaba	Kuala Lumpur (MY)	155.3ms	112.5ms	0.0%	4	7	32
12	Azure	Singapore (SG)	121.2ms	116.5ms	0.2%	10	13	78
13	Huawei	Singapore (SG)	145.3ms	117.0ms	0.0%	4	7	33
14	GCP	Singapore (SG)	131.8ms	120.0ms	0.9%	10	12	77
15	AWS	Singapore (SG)	127.8ms	120.7ms	0.1%	10	12	75
16	Alibaba	Jakarta (ID)	130.9ms	122.0ms	0.6%	4	7	32
17	Azure	Kuala Lumpur (MY)	130.2ms	124.0ms	0.2%	10	13	76
18	AWS	Bangkok (TH)	133.3ms	124.0ms	0.0%	4	7	32
19	Azure	Jakarta (ID)	133.9ms	125.5ms	0.4%	10	13	77
20	Azure	Tokyo (JP)	129.9ms	129.0ms	0.0%	10	12	77

Ranking month: August 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards