Best Cloud Regions for Eastern Africa — October 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Eastern Africa, based on all of October 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 | Oracle | Johannesburg (ZA) | 81.5ms | 63.3ms | 0.6% | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Azure | Johannesburg (ZA) | 73.5ms | 64.0ms | 1.4% | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 71.1ms | 64.6ms | 1.2% | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 88.7ms | 80.2ms | 0.1% | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 113.2ms | 115.2ms | 0.2% | 3 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 153.8ms | 135.0ms | 0.0% | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Azure | Zurich (CH) | 150.8ms | 141.5ms | 0.3% | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | GCP | London (GB) | 146.7ms | 145.5ms | 1.1% | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Oracle | Milan (IT) | 147.9ms | 148.0ms | 0.3% | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Alibaba | London (GB) | 152.4ms | 149.0ms | 0.0% | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | GCP | Eemshaven (NL) | 156.4ms | 149.5ms | 2.2% | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | AWS | Zurich (CH) | 149.1ms | 150.5ms | 0.5% | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 150.4ms | 151.5ms | 0.0% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | Oracle | London (GB) | 160.8ms | 152.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | GCP | Frankfurt (DE) | 152.9ms | 152.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| 16 | Oracle | Cardiff (GB) | 151.3ms | 152.5ms | 0.0% | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | Azure | Amsterdam (NL) | 159.1ms | 152.5ms | 0.3% | 3 | 5 | 26 |
| 18 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 157.0ms | 153.0ms | 0.5% | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| 19 | GCP | Warsaw (PL) | 175.9ms | 153.5ms | 0.0% | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | Tencent | Frankfurt (DE) | 151.9ms | 153.5ms | 0.0% | 2 | 5 | 19 |
Ranking month: October 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards