Best Cloud Regions for Northern America — August 2026

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Cloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Northern America, 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 Northern America.

Rank	Provider	Region Name	Avg Latency	Median Latency	Loss	Cities	ASN Count	Samples
1	Oracle	Toronto (CA)	36.5ms	29.8ms	0.1%	123	88	545
2	GCP	Toronto (CA)	35.5ms	31.7ms	0.1%	124	89	538
3	Azure	Toronto (CA)	40.7ms	32.4ms	0.1%	124	89	537
4	Oracle	Ashburn (US)	41.2ms	33.1ms	0.1%	123	87	532
5	AWS	Montreal (CA)	40.7ms	33.6ms	0.1%	124	89	535
6	Azure	Virginia (US)	42.9ms	33.8ms	0.0%	124	88	536
7	AWS	Ohio (US)	40.0ms	34.3ms	0.1%	123	87	534
8	AWS	N. Virginia (US)	40.3ms	34.5ms	0.2%	122	85	530
9	GCP	Montreal (CA)	40.8ms	34.5ms	0.1%	124	89	536
10	Oracle	Montreal (CA)	44.5ms	35.6ms	0.1%	123	87	534
11	GCP	Ashburn (US)	41.5ms	36.4ms	0.1%	124	88	536
12	Alibaba	Virginia (US)	40.9ms	37.2ms	0.1%	123	86	533
13	Tencent	Virginia (US)	47.1ms	37.8ms	0.0%	121	86	531
14	GCP	Council Bluffs (US)	43.2ms	39.0ms	0.1%	123	86	531
15	GCP	Dallas (US)	45.5ms	42.1ms	0.1%	124	88	536
16	Azure	Iowa (US)	42.9ms	43.0ms	0.1%	124	89	540
17	GCP	Columbus (US)	47.6ms	43.8ms	0.1%	124	88	533
18	GCP	Moncks Corner (US)	52.0ms	46.7ms	0.2%	124	87	533
19	AWS	Calgary (CA)	54.9ms	54.5ms	0.1%	124	89	539
20	GCP	Los Angeles (US)	57.5ms	59.5ms	0.1%	123	87	533

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