Average Price for Azure Regions
Currently the cheapest region in Azure is Central India / centralindia with average per hour price is $1.08 comparing to 2.4x more expensive Brazil Southeast / brazilsoutheast . Below you can find the chart with the average price in USD per hour among the most common VMs in the region. Some VM types were excluded such as G-series, L-series and NV/NC due to their absence in some regions. Choose region and VM size wisely. The chart below shows the average price across regions but in some places, VMs can be cheaper than in West US 2. You can find the cheapest region on the main page in the column - Best price region.
The latest update occurred on January 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC
Here is the map with all Azure regions https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/
Geography | Region Name | Region ID | Average price per VM per hour (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Central India | centralindia | 1.08 |
| US | North Central US | northcentralus | 1.17 |
| US | West US 3 | westus3 | 1.2 |
| US | West US 2 | westus2 | 1.22 |
| Europe | Sweden Central | swedencentral | 1.24 |
| US | East US | eastus | 1.25 |
| US | East US 2 | eastus2 | 1.27 |
| Canada | Canada Central | canadacentral | 1.36 |
| US | West Central US | westcentralus | 1.36 |
| Europe | France Central | francecentral | 1.37 |
| Europe | Spain Central | spaincentral | 1.37 |
| Canada | Canada East | canadaeast | 1.38 |
| Asia Pacific | Indonesia Central | indonesiacentral | 1.4 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea South | koreasouth | 1.4 |
| US | Central US | centralus | 1.42 |
| Europe | Germany West Central | germanywestcentral | 1.42 |
| Asia Pacific | Malaysia West | malaysiawest | 1.42 |
| Europe | North Europe | northeurope | 1.42 |
| Europe | Austria East | austriaeast | 1.44 |
| Europe | Belgium Central | belgiumcentral | 1.44 |
| Asia Pacific | New Zealand North | newzealandnorth | 1.45 |
| Europe | UK South | uksouth | 1.45 |
| US | West US | westus | 1.45 |
| Europe | Italy North | italynorth | 1.47 |
| Europe | Poland Central | polandcentral | 1.47 |
| US | South Central US | southcentralus | 1.47 |
| Europe | UK West | ukwest | 1.47 |
| Middle East | Israel Central | israelcentral | 1.48 |
| Mexico | Mexico Central | mexicocentral | 1.48 |
| US | US Gov AZ | usgovarizona | 1.48 |
| US | US Gov TX | usgovtexas | 1.48 |
| US | US Gov Virginia | usgovvirginia | 1.48 |
| Middle East | Qatar Central | qatarcentral | 1.49 |
| Europe | West Europe | westeurope | 1.52 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central2 | australiacentral2 | 1.53 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia East | australiaeast | 1.54 |
| Middle East | UAE North | uaenorth | 1.54 |
| Asia Pacific | West India | westindia | 1.54 |
| Asia Pacific | Southeast Asia | southeastasia | 1.55 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea Central | koreacentral | 1.56 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central | australiacentral | 1.58 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Southeast | australiasoutheast | 1.61 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan East | japaneast | 1.61 |
| Asia Pacific | East Asia | eastasia | 1.64 |
| Africa | South Africa North | southafricanorth | 1.66 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan West | japanwest | 1.68 |
| Europe | Switzerland North | switzerlandnorth | 1.69 |
| Europe | Norway East | norwayeast | 1.71 |
| South America | Chile Central | chilecentral | 1.74 |
| Asia Pacific | South India | southindia | 1.8 |
| Europe | Germany North | germanynorth | 1.87 |
| Europe | France South | francesouth | 1.9 |
| Middle East | UAE Central | uaecentral | 1.96 |
| South America | Brazil South | brazilsouth | 2.03 |
| Africa | South Africa West | southafricawest | 2.15 |
| Europe | Switzerland West | switzerlandwest | 2.16 |
| Europe | Norway West | norwaywest | 2.23 |
| South America | Brazil Southeast | brazilsoutheast | 2.57 |