Average Price for Azure Regions
Currently the cheapest region in Azure is Central India / centralindia with average per hour price is $1.06 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 March 28, 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 | 1.06 |
| US | North Central US | northcentralus | 1.21 |
| US | East US | eastus | 1.23 |
| US | West US 2 | westus2 | 1.23 |
| US | West US 3 | westus3 | 1.24 |
| US | East US 2 | eastus2 | 1.27 |
| Europe | Sweden Central | swedencentral | 1.29 |
| Canada | Canada Central | canadacentral | 1.37 |
| US | West Central US | westcentralus | 1.4 |
| US | Central US | centralus | 1.41 |
| Europe | North Europe | northeurope | 1.41 |
| Europe | Spain Central | spaincentral | 1.41 |
| Canada | Canada East | canadaeast | 1.42 |
| Europe | France Central | francecentral | 1.42 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea South | koreasouth | 1.44 |
| Europe | UK South | uksouth | 1.44 |
| US | West US | westus | 1.44 |
| Europe | Germany West Central | germanywestcentral | 1.46 |
| Mexico | Mexico Central | mexicocentral | 1.48 |
| US | South Central US | southcentralus | 1.48 |
| Europe | Italy North | italynorth | 1.51 |
| Europe | UK West | ukwest | 1.51 |
| Europe | West Europe | westeurope | 1.51 |
| Europe | Poland Central | polandcentral | 1.52 |
| Middle East | Israel Central | israelcentral | 1.53 |
| Middle East | Qatar Central | qatarcentral | 1.53 |
| Asia Pacific | Southeast Asia | southeastasia | 1.53 |
| US | US Gov AZ | usgovarizona | 1.55 |
| US | US Gov TX | usgovtexas | 1.55 |
| US | US Gov Virginia | usgovvirginia | 1.55 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia East | australiaeast | 1.56 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central2 | australiacentral2 | 1.58 |
| Middle East | UAE North | uaenorth | 1.58 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan East | japaneast | 1.59 |
| Asia Pacific | West India | westindia | 1.59 |
| Asia Pacific | Korea Central | koreacentral | 1.6 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Central | australiacentral | 1.63 |
| Asia Pacific | East Asia | eastasia | 1.65 |
| Asia Pacific | Australia Southeast | australiasoutheast | 1.66 |
| Europe | Switzerland North | switzerlandnorth | 1.66 |
| Asia Pacific | Japan West | japanwest | 1.69 |
| Africa | South Africa North | southafricanorth | 1.71 |
| Europe | Norway East | norwayeast | 1.77 |
| Asia Pacific | South India | southindia | 1.81 |
| Europe | France South | francesouth | 1.96 |
| Europe | Germany North | germanynorth | 1.98 |
| Middle East | UAE Central | uaecentral | 2.06 |
| South America | Brazil South | brazilsouth | 2.09 |
| Africa | South Africa West | southafricawest | 2.22 |
| Europe | Switzerland West | switzerlandwest | 2.23 |
| Europe | Norway West | norwaywest | 2.3 |
| South America | Brazil Southeast | brazilsoutheast | 2.64 |