Guide · Choosing a port in Asia
Where to put one server for an Asian audience, region by region, with round-trip times from public, dated sources and the number of hosts selling bare metal in each country.
Quick answer
What is the best server location for users across Asia?
The best server location for users across Asia is Singapore when they spread over Southeast Asia, India and Oceania: in Microsoft's July 2026 medians it averages 48 ms to eight Asia-Pacific regions. Tokyo suits Japan and Korea; Hong Kong suits Taiwan and the Philippines. Copperstrait rents all three at one price, from $143.25 per 30 days, crypto, no KYC.
| Audience | Best of the three | Round trip from it | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Tokyo | 11 ms to Osaka (Azure) | Hong Kong, 49 ms to Tokyo |
| South Korea | Tokyo | 29 ms to Seoul (Azure) | Hong Kong, 39 ms |
| Taiwan | Hong Kong | 14.3 ms from Taipei (WonderNetwork) | Tokyo, 30.4 ms |
| Philippines | Hong Kong | 18.6 ms from Manila (WonderNetwork) | Singapore, 29.9 ms |
| Malaysia, Indonesia | Singapore | 8 ms to Kuala Lumpur, 16 ms to Jakarta (Azure) | Hong Kong, 35 and 47 ms |
| Thailand, Vietnam | Singapore | 22.8 ms from Bangkok, 47.8 ms from Hanoi (WonderNetwork) | Hong Kong, 45.0 and 53.7 ms |
| India | Singapore | 37 ms to Chennai, 53 ms to Pune (Azure) | Hong Kong, 70 and 88 ms |
| Australia, New Zealand | Singapore | 95 ms to New South Wales, 119 ms to Auckland (Azure) | Tokyo, 103 and 128 ms |
Azure: Microsoft's P50 round trip between its regions, 30 days ending 30 July 2026. WonderNetwork: median of 336 hourly ping runs, 19 October to 2 November 2026. Not Copperstrait measurements: We publish no latency or speed figures of our own: we have not measured them. Test from where your users are once the server is yours.
Tokyo for Japan and South Korea; Hong Kong for Taiwan. Microsoft's median from its Tokyo region is 11 ms to Osaka and 29 ms to Seoul. WonderNetwork measured 14.3 ms from Taipei to Hong Kong and 30.4 ms from Taipei to Tokyo.
Hong Kong is the compromise for East Asia as a whole. It is 49 ms from Tokyo and 39 ms from Seoul in Microsoft's figures. Tokyo is the better pick only when Japan and Korea are most of the traffic.
People search for "Japan", not "Tokyo", when they look for servers. Japan as a place to host is covered on whether Japan is a good location for dedicated server hosting.
Singapore. Microsoft's median from its Singapore region is 8 ms to Kuala Lumpur and 16 ms to Jakarta. WonderNetwork's median from Bangkok to Singapore was 22.8 ms, against 45.0 ms to Hong Kong.
The Philippines is the exception. Manila reached Hong Kong in 18.6 ms and Singapore in 29.9 ms. Vietnam is close to even, but routes favour Singapore: Hanoi reached it in 47.8 ms, against 53.7 ms to Hong Kong.
Country by country, the details are on the best server location for Southeast Asia.
Within India, Mumbai or Chennai. Among the three Asian hubs, Singapore. Microsoft's median from Singapore is 37 ms to its Chennai region and 53 ms to Pune. From Hong Kong it is 70 and 88 ms; from Tokyo, 105 and 122 ms.
Copperstrait sells no server in India. When most users are Indian, an Indian server is the shorter path. When they are spread between India and Southeast Asia, Singapore covers both. See the best server location for users in India.
A server in Australia, if the audience is only there. Among the three hubs, Singapore comes first. Microsoft's median to New South Wales is 95 ms from Singapore, 103 ms from Tokyo and 122 ms from Hong Kong. To Auckland it is 119, 128 and 143 ms.
In Copperstrait's survey of 33 hosts selling bare metal in Asia-Pacific on 2 November 2026, 13 sell in Australia. Copperstrait is not one of them.
Singapore, if India and Australia count; Hong Kong, if they do not. We averaged Microsoft's medians from each hub to the other places in this table: Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Pune, Chennai and New South Wales.
From Singapore the average was 48 ms; from Hong Kong, 61 ms; from Tokyo, 80 ms. The worst case was 95 ms from Singapore and 122 ms from both others.
Limit the set to East and Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong and Singapore tie on average: 41 and 40 ms. Hong Kong's worst case is lower, though: 49 ms to Tokyo, against 72 ms from Singapore. The two are compared in full on Hong Kong or Singapore for server hosting.
| To | From Hong Kong | From Singapore | From Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 49 | 72 | — |
| Seoul | 39 | 68 | 29 |
| Hong Kong | — | 36 | 49 |
| Singapore | 36 | — | 72 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 35 | 8 | 76 |
| Jakarta | 47 | 16 | 84 |
| Pune | 88 | 53 | 122 |
| Chennai | 70 | 37 | 105 |
| New South Wales | 122 | 95 | 103 |
| Average of the eight others | 61 | 48 | 80 |
P50 round trip from Azure's East Asia, Southeast Asia and Japan East regions, 30 days ending 30 July 2026. Averages are our arithmetic on Microsoft's figures.
Mostly in the three hubs. Of 33 hosts selling bare metal in Asia-Pacific checked on 2 November 2026, 26 sell in Singapore, 22 in Japan and 20 in Hong Kong. Next come Australia (13), India (10), South Korea (8), Malaysia (6) and Taiwan (6).
More sellers means more choice and more stock. The three hubs also carry the most cables: TeleGeography listed 34 international cables in service in Singapore, 24 in Japan and 14 at Hong Kong's landing points.
Then the choice flips by side. From Europe, Singapore is the closest hub: Microsoft's median is 162 to 176 ms from Paris, Frankfurt, London, the Netherlands and Ireland. Tokyo is the farthest, at 225 to 235 ms. From California, Tokyo is closest, at 108 ms.
Why a shorter map distance can mean a longer ping is explained on the ping from Europe to servers in Asia.
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So the choice of hub is about your users, not your budget. Terms and specifications are on how much a Copperstrait server costs.
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For a spread-out audience, yes. Singapore had the lowest average round trip to eight Asia-Pacific regions in Microsoft's July 2026 figures: 48 ms. For Japan and Korea alone, Tokyo is closer.
Tokyo. Microsoft's median from Tokyo to Seoul is 29 ms, against 39 ms from Hong Kong and 68 ms from Singapore.
Singapore, among the three. Microsoft's median to New South Wales is 95 ms from Singapore, 103 ms from Tokyo and 122 ms from Hong Kong.
No. We publish no latency or speed figures of our own: we have not measured them. Test from where your users are once the server is yours.
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