Best Cloud Regions for China — October 2026

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Cloud regions ranked by lowest median latency to China, 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 China.

Rank	Provider	Region Name	Avg Latency	Median Latency	Loss	Cities	ASN Count	Samples
1	Tencent	Nanjing (CN)	22.8ms	16.6ms	0.8%	19	11	65
2	Tencent	Shanghai (CN)	21.7ms	17.4ms	0.2%	20	11	90
3	Tencent	Guangzhou (CN)	25.7ms	22.8ms	0.7%	20	11	89
4	Alibaba	Hangzhou (CN)	25.3ms	23.8ms	0.7%	20	11	88
5	Alibaba	Shanghai (CN)	26.6ms	24.1ms	0.5%	20	11	89
6	Tencent	Beijing (CN)	31.0ms	24.2ms	0.7%	20	13	92
7	Huawei	Shanghai (CN)	25.7ms	24.6ms	0.6%	20	11	88
8	Huawei	Guiyang (CN)	27.6ms	25.9ms	0.7%	20	11	88
9	Alibaba	Qingdao (CN)	30.1ms	26.7ms	0.3%	19	12	68
10	Alibaba	Shenzhen (CN)	28.9ms	26.9ms	0.6%	19	11	66
11	Tencent	Chengdu (CN)	29.1ms	28.5ms	0.8%	20	11	89
12	Alibaba	Guangzhou (CN)	27.1ms	28.8ms	0.3%	20	11	89
13	Huawei	Guangzhou (CN)	27.0ms	28.8ms	0.3%	20	11	88
14	AWS	Beijing (CN)	32.6ms	29.3ms	0.5%	20	11	88
15	Huawei	Wuhu (CN)	28.2ms	29.6ms	0.8%	19	12	67
16	Huawei	Beijing (CN)	33.9ms	30.3ms	0.5%	20	11	88
17	Alibaba	Beijing (CN)	32.9ms	30.7ms	0.5%	20	11	88
18	Tencent	Chongqing (CN)	29.2ms	30.9ms	0.6%	19	12	67
19	Alibaba	Heyuan (CN)	31.9ms	32.0ms	1.0%	19	11	65
20	Alibaba	Zhangjiakou (CN)	37.6ms	32.4ms	0.7%	19	11	67

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