West Europe
Public cloudWest Europe is part of Azure public cloud, in Netherlands, Europe. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is North Europe.
Explore West Europe
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from West Europe to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,442 Linux and 1,370 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in West Europe.
Compare West Europe VM pricesIP ranges
484 IPv4 and 49 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.westeurope. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
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- Programmatic name
- westeurope
- Location
Netherlands, Europe
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- North Europe
- Approx. opening year
2010
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in Europe
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
West Europe and North Europe are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Europe geography.
Published median round-trip latency from West Europe to North Europe: 17 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
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting West Europe alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from West Europe
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 |
|---|---|
| Belgium Central | 8 ms |
| Germany West Central | 11 ms |
| UK South | 11 ms |