Best Cloud Regions for Australia and New Zealand — September 2026

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Cloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Australia and New Zealand, based on all of September 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	GCP	Sydney (AU)	32.8ms	30.6ms	0.2%	11	18	181
2	Azure	Sydney (AU)	32.8ms	30.9ms	0.1%	11	18	181
3	AWS	Sydney (AU)	32.4ms	31.1ms	0.2%	11	18	181
4	Azure	Auckland (NZ)	32.5ms	31.5ms	0.0%	11	17	187
5	Oracle	Sydney (AU)	34.6ms	33.5ms	0.4%	11	18	181
6	AWS	Melbourne (AU)	39.0ms	35.1ms	0.2%	11	18	184
7	Oracle	Melbourne (AU)	39.7ms	36.6ms	0.5%	11	18	183
8	GCP	Melbourne (AU)	40.1ms	37.3ms	0.2%	11	18	181
9	Azure	Tokyo (JP)	152.1ms	131.0ms	0.1%	11	17	82
10	GCP	Tokyo (JP)	147.6ms	132.5ms	0.6%	11	17	83
11	GCP	Osaka (JP)	150.8ms	135.0ms	0.7%	11	17	82
12	Oracle	Tokyo (JP)	185.0ms	139.0ms	0.0%	5	10	37
13	Alibaba	Tokyo (JP)	182.6ms	140.0ms	0.0%	5	10	38
14	Azure	Hong Kong (HK)	152.2ms	145.5ms	0.1%	11	17	82
15	AWS	Tokyo (JP)	176.6ms	149.0ms	1.4%	5	10	37
16	Azure	Seoul (KR)	172.7ms	150.0ms	0.0%	5	10	37
17	Tencent	Tokyo (JP)	189.1ms	151.0ms	0.2%	5	10	37
18	AWS	Osaka (JP)	182.4ms	156.0ms	0.2%	5	10	37
19	AWS	N. California (US)	154.3ms	157.0ms	0.1%	6	7	45
20	GCP	Seoul (KR)	171.9ms	159.0ms	0.7%	11	17	82

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