Best Cloud Regions for South Africa — June 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to South Africa, based on all of June 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 South Africa.
| Rank | Provider | Region Name | Avg Latency | Median Latency | Loss | Cities | ASN Count | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | Johannesburg (ZA) | 6.7ms | 1.4ms | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 7.4ms | 1.7ms | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 8.7ms | 3.0ms | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 19.6ms | 26.4ms | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Azure | Dubai (AE) | 110.4ms | 98.9ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Azure | Doha (QA) | 120.0ms | 109.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | GCP | Madrid (ES) | 126.0ms | 138.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 120.8ms | 143.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| 9 | Azure | Pune (IN) | 154.3ms | 145.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Azure | Milan (IT) | 136.7ms | 151.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 128.7ms | 154.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | AWS | Zaragoza (ES) | 130.5ms | 158.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Azure | Paris (FR) | 127.6ms | 159.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| 14 | Azure | Zurich (CH) | 132.5ms | 159.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Oracle | London (GB) | 131.5ms | 160.0ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Azure | Vienna (AT) | 135.9ms | 160.5ms | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 | Azure | Copenhagen (DK) | 134.7ms | 161.0ms | 0.6% | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | GCP | London (GB) | 161.5ms | 161.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | GCP | Milan (IT) | 161.0ms | 161.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | GCP | St. Ghislain (BE) | 162.6ms | 162.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ranking month: June 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards