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VM prices

1,219 Linux and 1,187 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in Korea Central.

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Region facts

Programmatic name
koreacentral
Location

Seoul, Korea

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Cloud
Azure public cloud
Availability zones
3 availability zones
Paired region
Korea South
Approx. opening year

2017

Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.

Published residency note

Stored at rest in Korea

Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.

Regional planning

Pairing and disaster recovery

Korea Central and Korea South are paired in both directions.

Both regions are in the Korea geography.

Published median round-trip latency from Korea Central to Korea South: 8 ms.

A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.

How Azure region pairing works

Access and service availability

Available to all customers and partners. Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.

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Availability zone planning

Korea Central: 3 availability zones. Korea South: No availability zones listed.

Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Korea Central alone does not distribute a workload across zones.

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Lowest published latency from Korea Central

The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. 30-day measurement window ending . These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.

Lowest published median round-trip times from Korea Central
Destination regionMedian round-trip time
Korea South 8 ms
Japan West 19 ms
Japan East 30 ms