Best Cloud Regions for Northern America — October 2026

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Cloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to Northern America, 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 Northern America.

Rank	Provider	Region Name	Avg Latency	Median Latency	Loss	Cities	ASN Count	Samples
1	Oracle	Toronto (CA)	33.5ms	24.6ms	0.5%	163	107	630
2	GCP	Toronto (CA)	32.5ms	25.0ms	0.4%	162	106	625
3	Oracle	Chicago (US)	30.9ms	25.4ms	0.7%	99	68	246
4	Azure	Toronto (CA)	35.8ms	27.1ms	0.6%	163	106	626
5	AWS	Ohio (US)	35.1ms	29.4ms	0.3%	163	106	624
6	Oracle	Ashburn (US)	37.8ms	29.9ms	0.8%	162	106	624
7	Azure	Virginia 2 (US)	39.5ms	30.0ms	0.4%	105	71	273
8	GCP	Montreal (CA)	35.5ms	30.1ms	0.4%	164	107	624
9	AWS	Montreal (CA)	36.9ms	30.6ms	0.8%	162	106	624
10	Alibaba	Virginia (US)	36.3ms	31.0ms	0.5%	162	106	620
11	Tencent	Virginia (US)	41.8ms	31.1ms	0.6%	161	105	623
12	Azure	Virginia (US)	38.5ms	31.2ms	0.7%	162	106	623
13	AWS	N. Virginia (US)	36.1ms	31.5ms	0.6%	164	107	624
14	GCP	Ashburn (US)	37.8ms	31.6ms	0.4%	164	107	626
15	GCP	Columbus (US)	37.4ms	32.5ms	0.7%	162	106	624
16	GCP	Council Bluffs (US)	38.5ms	35.3ms	0.7%	163	107	625
17	Oracle	Montreal (CA)	38.4ms	35.3ms	0.7%	162	106	623
18	Azure	Iowa (US)	38.3ms	36.9ms	0.4%	162	107	620
19	GCP	Dallas (US)	42.9ms	40.7ms	0.8%	163	106	627
20	GCP	Moncks Corner (US)	48.3ms	41.5ms	0.4%	164	107	626

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