South Africa North
Public cloudSouth Africa North is part of Azure public cloud, in Johannesburg, South Africa. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is South Africa West.
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Latency
Published round-trip measurements from South Africa North to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,160 Linux and 1,108 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in South Africa North.
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117 IPv4 and 41 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.southafricanorth. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
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- Programmatic name
- southafricanorth
- Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- South Africa West
- 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 South Africa
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
South Africa North and South Africa West are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the South Africa geography.
South Africa West has restricted access. Reserved for South Africa North customers requiring in-country disaster recovery.
Published median round-trip latency from South Africa North to South Africa West: 20 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
South Africa North: 3 availability zones. South Africa West: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting South Africa North alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from South Africa North
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 |
|---|---|
| South Africa West | 20 ms |
| UAE North | 103 ms |
| UAE Central | 104 ms |