Switzerland North
Public cloudSwitzerland North is part of Azure public cloud, in Zurich, Switzerland. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Switzerland West.
Explore Switzerland North
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from Switzerland North to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,233 Linux and 1,145 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in Switzerland North.
Compare Switzerland North VM pricesIP ranges
105 IPv4 and 46 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.switzerlandn. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View Switzerland North IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- switzerlandnorth
- Location
Zurich, Switzerland
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- Switzerland 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 Switzerland
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
Switzerland North and Switzerland West are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Switzerland geography.
Switzerland West has restricted access. Paired region eligibility: Reserved for Switzerland North customers requiring in country disaster recovery
Published median round-trip latency from Switzerland North to Switzerland West: 7 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
Switzerland North: 3 availability zones. Switzerland West: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Switzerland North alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from Switzerland North
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 West | 7 ms |
| Italy North | 9 ms |
| Germany West Central | 10 ms |