Best Cloud Regions for United States — August 2026

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Cloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to United States, 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 United States.

Rank	Provider	Region Name	Avg Latency	Median Latency	Loss	Cities	ASN Count	Samples
1	AWS	N. Virginia (US)	37.2ms	29.4ms	0.2%	111	76	354
2	Oracle	Ashburn (US)	37.6ms	29.5ms	0.0%	112	78	354
3	Alibaba	Virginia (US)	37.5ms	30.1ms	0.2%	112	77	355
4	Azure	Virginia (US)	39.1ms	30.4ms	0.1%	113	79	358
5	GCP	Ashburn (US)	38.0ms	30.5ms	0.2%	113	79	358
6	Tencent	Virginia (US)	42.5ms	31.1ms	0.1%	110	77	353
7	AWS	Ohio (US)	38.6ms	32.4ms	0.1%	112	78	356
8	GCP	Dallas (US)	40.6ms	36.5ms	0.2%	113	79	359
9	AWS	Montreal (CA)	45.5ms	38.3ms	0.1%	113	80	357
10	Oracle	Toronto (CA)	43.4ms	38.9ms	0.2%	112	79	359
11	Azure	Iowa (US)	42.7ms	39.9ms	0.1%	113	80	362
12	GCP	Toronto (CA)	42.6ms	40.0ms	0.1%	113	80	360
13	GCP	Moncks Corner (US)	48.0ms	40.1ms	0.3%	113	78	355
14	GCP	Columbus (US)	45.8ms	40.6ms	0.2%	113	79	355
15	GCP	Montreal (CA)	46.0ms	41.5ms	0.1%	113	80	358
16	Oracle	Montreal (CA)	49.3ms	41.5ms	0.1%	112	78	356
17	GCP	Council Bluffs (US)	43.7ms	41.9ms	0.1%	112	77	354
18	Azure	Toronto (CA)	49.7ms	42.5ms	0.1%	113	80	361
19	GCP	Los Angeles (US)	54.8ms	57.2ms	0.2%	112	78	355
20	Oracle	Phoenix (US)	58.7ms	59.8ms	0.1%	112	79	357

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