Best Cloud Regions for China — May 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to China, based on all of May 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 China.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent | Shanghai (CN) | 20.8ms | 18.8ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 2 | Tencent | Guangzhou (CN) | 25.7ms | 24.1ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 49 |
| 3 | Alibaba | Shanghai (CN) | 24.9ms | 24.2ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 4 | Alibaba | Hangzhou (CN) | 24.6ms | 24.6ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 5 | Huawei | Shanghai (CN) | 24.3ms | 25.1ms | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 49 |
| 6 | Alibaba | Beijing (CN) | 31.4ms | 27.6ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 7 | Tencent | Beijing (CN) | 29.1ms | 28.9ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 46 |
| 8 | Tencent | Chengdu (CN) | 28.7ms | 28.9ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 9 | AWS | Beijing (CN) | 30.8ms | 29.3ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 10 | Alibaba | Guangzhou (CN) | 28.8ms | 30.6ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 11 | Huawei | Beijing (CN) | 32.2ms | 30.6ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 49 |
| 12 | Huawei | Guiyang (CN) | 29.2ms | 31.2ms | 0.0% | 18 | 0 | 45 |
| 13 | Huawei | Guangzhou (CN) | 28.8ms | 32.0ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 14 | Alibaba | Ulanqab (CN) | 37.6ms | 35.5ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 15 | Alibaba | Chengdu (CN) | 35.4ms | 37.7ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 16 | Huawei | Ulanqab (CN) | 38.5ms | 37.9ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 17 | AWS | Ningxia (CN) | 41.9ms | 40.8ms | 0.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
| 18 | GCP | Hong Kong (HK) | 206.9ms | 57.2ms | 5.0% | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 19 | Alibaba | Seoul (KR) | 69.5ms | 58.5ms | 2.3% | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 20 | AWS | Tokyo (JP) | 67.0ms | 63.5ms | 1.0% | 19 | 0 | 48 |
Ranking month: May 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards