Azure regions
Compare generally available regions in the global Azure cloud by location, availability zones, paired region, and approximate opening year.
Azure global cloud regions
Browse unrestricted regions available to customers and partners in AzureCloud.
Showing 46 of 46 Azure regions
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| Australia Central | Australia | Canberra | No AZ support | Australia Central 2 | 2018 |
| Australia East | Australia | New South Wales | 3 zones | Australia Southeast | 2014 |
| Australia Southeast | Australia | Victoria | No AZ support | Australia East | 2014 |
| Austria East | Austria | Vienna | 3 zones | Not paired | 2025 |
| Belgium Central | Belgium | Brussels | 3 zones | Not paired | 2025 |
| Brazil South | Brazil | Sao Paulo State | 3 zones | South Central US | 2014 |
| Canada Central | Canada | Toronto | 3 zones | Canada East | 2016 |
| Canada East | Canada | Quebec | No AZ support | Canada Central | 2016 |
| Central India | India | Pune | 3 zones | South India | 2015 |
| Central US | United States | Iowa | 3 zones | East US 2 | 2014 |
| Chile Central | Chile | Santiago | 3 zones | Not paired | 2025 |
| Denmark East | Denmark | Copenhagen | No AZ support | Not paired | 2026 |
| East Asia | Asia Pacific | Hong Kong | 3 zones | Southeast Asia | 2010 |
| East US | United States | Virginia | 3 zones | West US | 2014 |
| East US 2 | United States | Virginia | 3 zones | Central US | 2012 |
| France Central | France | Paris | 3 zones | France South | 2018 |
| Germany West Central | Germany | Frankfurt | 3 zones | Germany North | 2019 |
| Indonesia Central | Indonesia | Jakarta | 3 zones | Not paired | 2025 |
| Israel Central | Israel | Israel | 3 zones | Not paired | 2023 |
| Italy North | Italy | Milan | 3 zones | Not paired | 2023 |
| Japan East | Japan | Tokyo, Saitama | 3 zones | Japan West | 2014 |
| Japan West | Japan | Osaka | 3 zones | Japan East | 2014 |
| Korea Central | Korea | Seoul | 3 zones | Korea South | 2017 |
| Malaysia West | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 3 zones | Not paired | 2025 |
| Mexico Central | Mexico | Querétaro State | 3 zones | Not paired | 2024 |
| New Zealand North | New Zealand | Auckland | 3 zones | Not paired | 2024 |
| North Central US | United States | Illinois | No AZ support | South Central US | 2009 |
| North Europe | Europe | Ireland | 3 zones | West Europe | 2009 |
| Norway East | Norway | Norway | 3 zones | Norway West | 2019 |
| Poland Central | Poland | Warsaw | 3 zones | Not paired | 2023 |
| Qatar Central | Qatar | Doha | 3 zones | Not paired | 2022 |
| South Africa North | Africa | Johannesburg | 3 zones | South Africa West | 2019 |
| South Central US | United States | Texas | No AZ support | North Central US | 2008 |
| South India | India | Chennai | No AZ support | Central India | 2015 |
| Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | Singapore | 3 zones | East Asia | 2010 |
| Spain Central | Spain | Madrid | 3 zones | Not paired | 2024 |
| Sweden Central | Sweden | Gävle | 3 zones | Sweden South | 2021 |
| Switzerland North | Switzerland | Zurich | 3 zones | Switzerland West | 2019 |
| UAE North | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 3 zones | UAE Central | 2019 |
| UK South | United Kingdom | London | 3 zones | UK West | 2016 |
| UK West | United Kingdom | Cardiff | No AZ support | UK South | 2016 |
| West Central US | United States | Wyoming | No AZ support | West US 2 | 2016 |
| West Europe | Europe | Netherlands | 3 zones | North Europe | 2010 |
| West US | United States | California | No AZ support | East US | 2012 |
| West US 2 | United States | Washington | 3 zones | West Central US | 2007 |
| West US 3 | United States | Phoenix | No AZ support | East US | 2021 |
Key concepts
Use region pairs and availability zones as inputs to a service-specific resiliency design.
Paired and nonpaired regions
Some Azure services use region pairs for geo-replication and recovery sequencing. Of the 46 regions listed here, 33 have a recorded pair and 13 are nonpaired. A region pair does not automatically configure failover or disaster recovery.
- Some services use pairs for geo-replication and recovery sequencing
- Planned platform updates are generally sequenced across paired regions
- Most pairs remain in one geography, but documented exceptions exist
Availability zones
Availability zones are separated groups of datacenters within a region, with independent power, cooling, and networking. Some zones contain one datacenter and others contain more than one. 35 of the regions listed here currently indicate AZ support.
- Independent infrastructure helps isolate zone-level failures
- Microsoft targets less than approximately 2 ms round-trip network latency between zones; observed workload latency varies
- Configuration options and availability SLAs vary by Azure service
Frequently asked questions
Helpful context when planning region-specific deployments.
What defines an Azure region?
How do paired and nonpaired regions work?
Additional resources
Deeper guidance for planning deployments across Azure regions.
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