Average Price for Azure Regions
Currently the cheapest region in Azure is Central India / centralindia with average per hour price is $1.16 comparing to 2.2x 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 November 20, 2024 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 | 1.16 |
| US | North Central US | northcentralus | 1.17 |
| US | West US 3 | westus3 | 1.21 |
| US | West US 2 | westus2 | 1.22 |
| Europe | Sweden Central | swedencentral | 1.25 |
| US | East US | eastus | 1.26 |
| Europe | Spain Central | spaincentral | 1.3 |
| US | East US 2 | eastus2 | 1.32 |
| Europe | France Central | francecentral | 1.35 |
| Canada | Canada Central | canadacentral | 1.36 |
| US | West Central US | westcentralus | 1.38 |
| Middle East | Israel Central | israelcentral | 1.4 |
| Canada | Canada East | canadaeast | 1.43 |
| Europe | Germany West Central | germanywestcentral | 1.44 |
| US | Central US | centralus | 1.46 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea South | koreasouth | 1.46 |
| Europe | North Europe | northeurope | 1.46 |
| US | South Central US | southcentralus | 1.48 |
| Europe | Italy North | italynorth | 1.5 |
| Europe | UK South | uksouth | 1.5 |
| US | US Gov Virginia | usgovvirginia | 1.5 |
| US | West US | westus | 1.51 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea Central | koreacentral | 1.53 |
| Mexico | Mexico Central | mexicocentral | 1.54 |
| Middle East | Qatar Central | qatarcentral | 1.54 |
| Europe | UK West | ukwest | 1.54 |
| US | US Gov AZ | usgovarizona | 1.54 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia East | australiaeast | 1.56 |
| US | US Gov TX | usgovtexas | 1.57 |
| Asia Pacific | West India | westindia | 1.57 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central | australiacentral | 1.58 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central2 | australiacentral2 | 1.59 |
| Middle East | UAE North | uaenorth | 1.59 |
| Asia Pacific | Southeast Asia | southeastasia | 1.6 |
| Europe | West Europe | westeurope | 1.6 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Southeast | australiasoutheast | 1.62 |
| Asia Pacific | East Asia | eastasia | 1.64 |
| Europe | Poland Central | polandcentral | 1.64 |
| Europe | Norway East | norwayeast | 1.66 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan East | japaneast | 1.67 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan West | japanwest | 1.68 |
| Africa | South Africa North | southafricanorth | 1.7 |
| Europe | Switzerland North | switzerlandnorth | 1.7 |
| Asia Pacific | South India | southindia | 1.75 |
| Europe | Germany North | germanynorth | 1.86 |
| Europe | France South | francesouth | 1.87 |
| Middle East | UAE Central | uaecentral | 1.96 |
| South America | Brazil South | brazilsouth | 1.98 |
| Europe | Norway West | norwaywest | 2.12 |
| Africa | South Africa West | southafricawest | 2.12 |
| Europe | Switzerland West | switzerlandwest | 2.2 |
| South America | Brazil Southeast | brazilsoutheast | 2.59 |