UK West
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The tools connect this region to latency measurements, VM pricing, and IP ranges when those views are available.
Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
UK West is part of Azure public cloud, in Cardiff, United Kingdom. It has no availability zones listed. Its paired region is UK South.
Explore UK West
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from UK West to 53 other regions.
VM prices
874 Linux and 842 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in UK West.
Compare UK West VM pricesIP ranges
105 IPv4 and 42 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.ukwest. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View UK West IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- ukwest
- Location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- No availability zones listed
- Paired region
- UK South
- Approx. opening year
2016
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in the United Kingdom
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
UK West and UK South are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the United Kingdom geography.
Published median round-trip latency from UK West to UK 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
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
UK West: No availability zones listed. UK South: 3 availability zones.
Zone support is not listed for UK West. Check each service's redundancy options before designing for a datacenter outage.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from UK West
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 |
|---|---|
| UK South | 8 ms |
| France Central | 14 ms |
| West Europe | 14 ms |