Azure Speed Test

Compare Azure region latency

Choose a source region to compare its published round-trip times to other Azure regions. Results are sorted from fastest to slowest.

Latency from South Africa West

48 published routes

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Fastest route
South Africa North 21 ms
Median latency
200.5 ms
Slowest route
New Zealand North 312 ms
  • Fast under 50 ms
  • Moderate 50-99 ms
  • Slow 100 ms or more

Bars use the same 0-343 ms scale for every source region.

Showing 48 of 48 routes

Published round-trip latency from South Africa West to Azure destination regions, sorted from fastest to slowest.
Destination regionRTTRatingRelative latency
South Africa North 21 ms Fast
UAE North 122 ms Slow
UAE Central 124 ms Slow
France South 138 ms Slow
France Central 140 ms Slow
Switzerland West 144 ms Slow
UK South 145 ms Slow
Germany West Central 146 ms Slow
Italy North 146 ms Slow
UK West 147 ms Slow
Switzerland North 148 ms Slow
West Europe 148 ms Slow
West India 149 ms Slow
Germany North 153 ms Slow
North Europe 154 ms Slow
Norway West 161 ms Slow
Poland Central 162 ms Slow
Norway East 165 ms Slow
South India 166 ms Slow
Sweden Central 180 ms Slow
Israel Central 182 ms Slow
Malaysia West 197 ms Slow
East US 2 198 ms Slow
Southeast Asia 199 ms Slow
East US 202 ms Slow
Qatar Central 210 ms Slow
Canada Central 216 ms Slow
North Central US 219 ms Slow
Central India 223 ms Slow
Canada East 224 ms Slow
South Central US 224 ms Slow
East Asia 229 ms Slow
Central US 230 ms Slow
West Central US 240 ms Slow
Mexico Central 242 ms Slow
West US 3 247 ms Slow
Korea South 254 ms Slow
West US 256 ms Slow
Korea Central 259 ms Slow
West US 2 261 ms Slow
Japan West 264 ms Slow
Japan East 269 ms Slow
Australia Southeast 283 ms Slow
Australia East 289 ms Slow
Australia Central 292 ms Slow
Australia Central 2 292 ms Slow
Brazil South 303 ms Slow
New Zealand North 312 ms Slow
About this latency data

Values come from the Microsoft Learn Azure network round-trip latency statistics table. Region pairs without a published numeric value are omitted.

Published averages are a planning reference. Application latency varies with workload, routing, network conditions, and VM configuration.

Historical latency snapshot

Azure network latency matrix showing round-trip times between regions, ranging from under 2ms within geography to over 200ms cross-continent, December 2020
Azure backbone latency matrix (December 2020 snapshot)
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This archived image provides historical context. Use the interactive comparison above for the currently published numeric routes included on this site.

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