Best Cloud Regions for Southern Africa — September 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Southern 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 Southern Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | Johannesburg (ZA) | 1.5ms | 1.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 2.5ms | 1.9ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 2.8ms | 3.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 28.4ms | 28.3ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Azure | Dubai (AE) | 114.8ms | 101.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Azure | Doha (QA) | 123.9ms | 111.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 146.3ms | 142.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | GCP | Madrid (ES) | 152.9ms | 147.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Azure | Paris (FR) | 157.4ms | 154.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 157.6ms | 158.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Azure | Brussels (BE) | 158.9ms | 158.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | AWS | Zaragoza (ES) | 161.0ms | 159.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | GCP | London (GB) | 161.6ms | 160.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | Azure | London (GB) | 160.6ms | 161.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Azure | Frankfurt (DE) | 161.5ms | 161.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | Azure | Amsterdam (NL) | 162.3ms | 162.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | Oracle | London (GB) | 165.1ms | 165.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | Azure | Milan (IT) | 168.2ms | 168.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | Azure | Dublin (IE) | 168.7ms | 169.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 170.2ms | 170.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Ranking month: September 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards