Best Cloud Regions for Southern Europe — August 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oracle | Frankfurt (DE) | 26.6ms | 26.4ms | 0.2% | 19 | 32 | 282 |
| 2 | Azure | Vienna (AT) | 26.4ms | 26.4ms | 1.2% | 23 | 32 | 268 |
| 3 | AWS | Milan (IT) | 27.9ms | 27.8ms | 0.0% | 34 | 48 | 490 |
| 4 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 30.8ms | 28.1ms | 2.8% | 29 | 33 | 341 |
| 5 | GCP | Zurich (CH) | 30.5ms | 28.3ms | 0.6% | 23 | 34 | 275 |
| 6 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 30.5ms | 28.5ms | 0.3% | 39 | 49 | 387 |
| 7 | GCP | Milan (IT) | 31.2ms | 28.8ms | 0.5% | 38 | 47 | 408 |
| 8 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 29.7ms | 29.1ms | 0.7% | 37 | 47 | 425 |
| 9 | Azure | Milan (IT) | 30.2ms | 29.4ms | 0.7% | 22 | 30 | 287 |
| 10 | Azure | Zurich (CH) | 31.0ms | 29.8ms | 1.0% | 37 | 42 | 405 |
| 11 | GCP | Turin (IT) | 35.7ms | 30.0ms | 1.0% | 31 | 35 | 303 |
| 12 | GCP | Frankfurt (DE) | 31.4ms | 30.2ms | 0.1% | 29 | 43 | 280 |
| 13 | Azure | Frankfurt (DE) | 31.3ms | 30.2ms | 0.6% | 38 | 44 | 354 |
| 14 | Alibaba | Frankfurt (DE) | 32.5ms | 30.9ms | 1.2% | 15 | 23 | 193 |
| 15 | Oracle | Zurich (CH) | 30.9ms | 30.9ms | 0.0% | 9 | 20 | 125 |
| 16 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 33.0ms | 31.4ms | 2.3% | 34 | 40 | 358 |
| 17 | GCP | Warsaw (PL) | 32.0ms | 31.8ms | 8.0% | 6 | 8 | 44 |
| 18 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 33.4ms | 32.2ms | 0.1% | 21 | 33 | 218 |
| 19 | GCP | Madrid (ES) | 35.4ms | 32.6ms | 3.9% | 30 | 34 | 415 |
| 20 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 35.3ms | 32.9ms | 0.6% | 19 | 26 | 126 |
Ranking month: August 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards