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Average Price for Azure Regions

Currently the cheapest region in Azure is Central India / centralindia with average per hour price is $1.13 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 19, 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 PacificCentral Indiacentralindia1.13
USNorth Central USnorthcentralus1.26
USWest US 3westus31.29
USEast USeastus1.3
USWest US 2westus21.31
USEast US 2eastus21.33
EuropeSweden Centralswedencentral1.34
Asia PacificIndonesia Centralindonesiacentral1.44
USWest Central USwestcentralus1.45
CanadaCanada Centralcanadacentral1.46
EuropeFrance Centralfrancecentral1.47
USCentral UScentralus1.48
EuropeNorth Europenortheurope1.48
EuropeSpain Centralspaincentral1.48
CanadaCanada Eastcanadaeast1.49
EuropeGermany West Centralgermanywestcentral1.49
Asia PacificKorea Southkoreasouth1.5
EuropeUK Southuksouth1.51
USWest USwestus1.51
EuropeAustria Eastaustriaeast1.53
EuropeBelgium Centralbelgiumcentral1.53
Asia PacificMalaysia Westmalaysiawest1.53
EuropeItaly Northitalynorth1.55
USSouth Central USsouthcentralus1.58
EuropeUK Westukwest1.58
Middle EastIsrael Centralisraelcentral1.59
EuropeWest Europewesteurope1.59
Asia PacificNew Zealand Northnewzealandnorth1.6
EuropePoland Centralpolandcentral1.6
Middle EastQatar Centralqatarcentral1.6
USUS Gov AZusgovarizona1.6
USUS Gov Virginiausgovvirginia1.6
MexicoMexico Centralmexicocentral1.61
Asia PacificSoutheast Asiasoutheastasia1.61
USUS Gov TXusgovtexas1.61
Middle EastUAE Northuaenorth1.62
Asia PacificAustralia Central2australiacentral21.65
Asia PacificAustralia Eastaustraliaeast1.66
Asia PacificWest Indiawestindia1.66
Asia PacificJapan Eastjapaneast1.68
Asia PacificKorea Centralkoreacentral1.69
Asia PacificEast Asiaeastasia1.7
Asia PacificAustralia Centralaustraliacentral1.71
Asia PacificAustralia Southeastaustraliasoutheast1.75
EuropeSwitzerland Northswitzerlandnorth1.76
AfricaSouth Africa Northsouthafricanorth1.8
Asia PacificJapan Westjapanwest1.82
South AmericaChile Centralchilecentral1.86
EuropeNorway Eastnorwayeast1.86
Asia PacificSouth Indiasouthindia1.95
EuropeFrance Southfrancesouth2.06
EuropeGermany Northgermanynorth2.06
Middle EastUAE Centraluaecentral2.15
South AmericaBrazil Southbrazilsouth2.19
AfricaSouth Africa Westsouthafricawest2.33
EuropeSwitzerland Westswitzerlandwest2.33
EuropeNorway Westnorwaywest2.42
South AmericaBrazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast2.76