Best Cloud Regions for Eastern Africa — September 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 55.8ms | 54.8ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Azure | Johannesburg (ZA) | 60.8ms | 60.4ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 70.3ms | 69.8ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Azure | Zurich (CH) | 122.6ms | 118.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 134.8ms | 124.0ms | 7.7% | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Azure | Amsterdam (NL) | 128.0ms | 127.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | GCP | Turin (IT) | 141.0ms | 139.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | GCP | Frankfurt (DE) | 138.6ms | 142.0ms | 0.4% | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | GCP | Zurich (CH) | 148.0ms | 146.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | AWS | Milan (IT) | 147.4ms | 150.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | GCP | London (GB) | 156.4ms | 152.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Alibaba | Frankfurt (DE) | 150.4ms | 152.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 150.9ms | 152.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | GCP | Eemshaven (NL) | 150.2ms | 153.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | AWS | Frankfurt (DE) | 159.7ms | 157.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 161.9ms | 158.0ms | 0.7% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | GCP | Milan (IT) | 153.0ms | 158.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 158.6ms | 159.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 19 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 149.9ms | 162.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 20 | Tencent | Jakarta (ID) | 200.4ms | 205.0ms | 6.7% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Ranking month: September 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards