Germany West Central (germanywestcentral)
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Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
Germany West Central (germanywestcentral) is part of Azure public cloud, in Frankfurt, Germany. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Germany North.
Explore Germany West Central
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from Germany West Central to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,321 Linux and 1,233 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in Germany West Central.
Compare Germany West Central VM pricesIP ranges
135 IPv4 and 178 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.germanywc. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View Germany West Central IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- germanywestcentral
- Location
Frankfurt, Germany
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- Germany North
- Approx. opening year
2019
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in Germany
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
Germany West Central and Germany North are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Germany geography.
Germany North has restricted access. Paired region eligibility: Reserved for Germany West Central customers requiring in-country disaster recovery
Published median round-trip latency from Germany West Central to Germany North: 11 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
Germany West Central: 3 availability zones. Germany North: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Germany West Central alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from Germany West Central
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 |
|---|---|
| Switzerland North | 9 ms |
| Belgium Central | 10 ms |
| Germany North | 11 ms |