Average Price for Azure Regions
Currently the cheapest region in Azure is Central India / centralindia with average per hour price is $1.19 comparing to 2.5x 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 October 8, 2025 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 | 1.19 |
| US | North Central US | northcentralus | 1.33 |
| US | West US 3 | westus3 | 1.36 |
| US | West US 2 | westus2 | 1.38 |
| US | East US | eastus | 1.39 |
| US | East US 2 | eastus2 | 1.39 |
| Europe | Sweden Central | swedencentral | 1.42 |
| Canada | Canada Central | canadacentral | 1.53 |
| US | Central US | centralus | 1.55 |
| Europe | North Europe | northeurope | 1.55 |
| US | West Central US | westcentralus | 1.55 |
| Europe | France Central | francecentral | 1.56 |
| Asia Pacific | Indonesia Central | indonesiacentral | 1.58 |
| Europe | Germany West Central | germanywestcentral | 1.59 |
| Europe | Spain Central | spaincentral | 1.59 |
| Canada | Canada East | canadaeast | 1.6 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea South | koreasouth | 1.62 |
| Europe | UK South | uksouth | 1.62 |
| US | West US | westus | 1.63 |
| Europe | Italy North | italynorth | 1.66 |
| US | South Central US | southcentralus | 1.66 |
| Europe | West Europe | westeurope | 1.67 |
| Asia Pacific | New Zealand North | newzealandnorth | 1.69 |
| Europe | Poland Central | polandcentral | 1.71 |
| Europe | UK West | ukwest | 1.71 |
| Middle East | Israel Central | israelcentral | 1.73 |
| Middle East | Qatar Central | qatarcentral | 1.73 |
| Asia Pacific | Southeast Asia | southeastasia | 1.73 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia East | australiaeast | 1.74 |
| Mexico | Mexico Central | mexicocentral | 1.74 |
| Middle East | UAE North | uaenorth | 1.74 |
| US | US Gov AZ | usgovarizona | 1.76 |
| US | US Gov TX | usgovtexas | 1.76 |
| US | US Gov Virginia | usgovvirginia | 1.76 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central2 | australiacentral2 | 1.78 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea Central | koreacentral | 1.79 |
| Asia Pacific | West India | westindia | 1.79 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan East | japaneast | 1.8 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central | australiacentral | 1.82 |
| Asia Pacific | East Asia | eastasia | 1.84 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Southeast | australiasoutheast | 1.86 |
| Europe | Switzerland North | switzerlandnorth | 1.91 |
| Africa | South Africa North | southafricanorth | 1.92 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan West | japanwest | 1.93 |
| Europe | Norway East | norwayeast | 1.99 |
| Asia Pacific | South India | southindia | 2.07 |
| Europe | Germany North | germanynorth | 2.15 |
| Europe | France South | francesouth | 2.19 |
| Middle East | UAE Central | uaecentral | 2.25 |
| South America | Brazil South | brazilsouth | 2.33 |
| Africa | South Africa West | southafricawest | 2.49 |
| Europe | Switzerland West | switzerlandwest | 2.52 |
| Europe | Norway West | norwaywest | 2.59 |
| South America | Brazil Southeast | brazilsoutheast | 2.97 |