East Asia
Public cloudEast Asia is part of Azure public cloud, in Hong Kong, Asia Pacific. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Southeast Asia.
Explore East Asia
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from East Asia to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,154 Linux and 1,082 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in East Asia.
Compare East Asia VM pricesIP ranges
218 IPv4 and 39 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.eastasia. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View East Asia IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- eastasia
- Location
Hong Kong, Asia Pacific
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- Southeast Asia
- Approx. opening year
2010
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in the Asia Pacific region
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
East Asia and Southeast Asia are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Asia Pacific geography.
Published median round-trip latency from East Asia to Southeast Asia: 36 ms.
A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.
How Azure region pairing worksAccess and service availability
Eligibility: Available to all customers and partners
Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.
Check products available by regionAvailability zone planning
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting East Asia alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from East Asia
The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Korea South | 33 ms |
| Malaysia West | 35 ms |
| Southeast Asia | 36 ms |