Best Cloud Regions for South Africa — August 2026
MonthlyCloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to South Africa, based on all of August 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) | 1.0ms | 0.7ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | GCP | Cape Town (ZA) | 1.3ms | 1.1ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Huawei | Johannesburg (ZA) | 2.2ms | 2.8ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | AWS | Cape Town (ZA) | 26.2ms | 27.5ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Azure | Dubai (AE) | 103.5ms | 100.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Azure | Doha (QA) | 112.9ms | 110.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Azure | Madrid (ES) | 140.6ms | 140.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | GCP | Madrid (ES) | 153.5ms | 153.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Azure | Paris (FR) | 155.9ms | 156.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | AWS | Zaragoza (ES) | 162.1ms | 159.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | GCP | Paris (FR) | 158.3ms | 159.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Azure | Brussels (BE) | 159.9ms | 159.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Azure | London (GB) | 161.0ms | 161.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Azure | Frankfurt (DE) | 162.6ms | 162.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Azure | Amsterdam (NL) | 164.3ms | 163.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | GCP | London (GB) | 163.2ms | 164.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | AWS | Paris (FR) | 167.2ms | 168.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | Oracle | London (GB) | 179.7ms | 169.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Azure | Milan (IT) | 168.4ms | 169.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | Azure | Dublin (IE) | 168.8ms | 169.0ms | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Ranking month: August 2026 · Updated: 2026-11-03arrow_backBack to global leaderboards