Korea Central
Public cloudKorea Central is part of Azure public cloud, in Seoul, Korea. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Korea South.
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Latency
Published round-trip measurements from Korea Central to 53 other regions.
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.
Compare Korea Central VM pricesIP ranges
129 IPv4 and 48 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.koreacentral. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View Korea Central IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- koreacentral
- Location
Seoul, Korea
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- 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 worksAccess and service availability
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
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.
Check service and zone supportLowest 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.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Korea South | 8 ms |
| Japan West | 19 ms |
| Japan East | 30 ms |