Guide · Southeast Asia
Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, one by one: the round trip to Singapore and to Hong Kong from public, dated measurements, the distance floor, and where hosts sell.
Quick answer
What is the best server location for Southeast Asia?
The best server location for Southeast Asia is Singapore for most of the region: Microsoft's July 2026 median from Singapore is 8 ms to Kuala Lumpur and 16 ms to Jakarta. Hong Kong is closer for the Philippines. Copperstrait rents servers in Singapore and Hong Kong at one price, from $143.25 per 30 days, crypto, no KYC.
| Country | City | To Singapore (ms) | To Hong Kong (ms) | Fibre floor to Singapore (ms) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 8 | 35 | 3.0 | Microsoft Azure |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 16 | 47 | 8.9 | Microsoft Azure |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 22.8 | 45.0 | 14.0 | WonderNetwork |
| Vietnam (south) | Ho Chi Minh City | 32.7 | — | 10.8 | WonderNetwork |
| Vietnam (north) | Hanoi | 47.8 | 53.7 | 21.5 | WonderNetwork |
| Philippines | Manila | 29.9 | 18.6 | 23.4 | WonderNetwork |
Microsoft Azure: P50 round trip from its Southeast Asia (Singapore) and East Asia (Hong Kong) regions, 30 days ending 30 July 2026. WonderNetwork: median of 336 hourly runs of 30 pings from the city to each hub, 19 October to 2 November 2026. WonderNetwork's own Jakarta to Singapore median was 12.8 ms. Fibre floor: our calculation, 2 × great-circle distance ÷ 204,000 km/s. None is a Copperstrait measurement: 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.
It sits in the middle of the region and the cables meet there. TeleGeography's Submarine Cable Map listed 34 international cables in service landing in Singapore, with 13 more planned. Kuala Lumpur is 309 km away and Jakarta 905 km.
From Singapore, Microsoft's median is under 20 ms to both Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City reached Singapore in about 23 and 33 ms in WonderNetwork's runs.
Hosts follow the cables. In Copperstrait's survey of 33 hosts selling bare metal in Asia on 2 November 2026, 26 sell in Singapore and 6 in Malaysia. Singapore is the most-served location in our whole survey.
Yes, by about 11 ms. WonderNetwork's median from Manila was 18.6 ms to Hong Kong and 29.9 ms to Singapore. Manila is 1,119 km from Hong Kong and 2,393 km from Singapore.
For a Philippine audience alone, Hong Kong is the better port. For the Philippines plus Indonesia and Malaysia, Singapore keeps the worst case lower. The two hubs are compared on Hong Kong or Singapore for server hosting.
Singapore, even for the north, on the latest public figures. Hanoi is 873 km from Hong Kong, yet its pings reached Singapore faster: 47.8 ms against 53.7 ms. Its fibre floor to Hong Kong is only 8.6 ms, so most of that time is route, not distance.
Ho Chi Minh City reached Singapore in 32.7 ms. Its fibre floor is 10.8 ms.
Hanoi's runs to Hong Kong also varied more. Its slowest hourly average to Hong Kong was 515 ms, against 95 ms to Singapore. Test from your users' own networks before you choose.
Singapore for all three. WonderNetwork's median from Bangkok was 22.8 ms to Singapore and 45.0 ms to Hong Kong. Microsoft's median from Singapore is 8 ms to Kuala Lumpur and 16 ms to Jakarta; from Hong Kong, 35 and 47 ms.
Tokyo is the wrong side of the region for them. Microsoft's median from Tokyo is 76 ms to Kuala Lumpur and 84 ms to Jakarta.
Yes, but the choice is thin. In our survey, few hosts sold bare metal in those countries. None of them had a plan payable in crypto without ID that passed every rule of our price check. Malaysia had 6 sellers.
Singapore is also spilling over into Malaysia. WebHorizon's knowledge base places its "Singapore" bare metal in Equinix JH1 in Johor, Malaysia. Microsoft lists a Southeast Asia 3 region in preview at Johor Bahru.
For a single-country audience, a local server cuts the round trip further. For two or more countries, one Singapore server covers them with a short path to each.
A CDN serves cached files near the visitor. Anything it cannot cache still travels to your server and back. With a Singapore origin, that trip is short for most of the region.
The trade-off is set out on whether to use a CDN or a server in Asia. Game servers need the server itself near players; see where to host a game server for players in Asia.
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About 13 to 16 ms. WonderNetwork's median was 12.8 ms from 19 October to 2 November 2026. Microsoft's median from its Singapore region to Jakarta is 16 ms.
Yes. WonderNetwork's median from Bangkok was 22.8 ms to Singapore, against 45.0 ms to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, if the Philippines is your main market. Manila reached Hong Kong in 18.6 ms and Singapore in 29.9 ms in WonderNetwork's runs.
No. Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo (Japan): every server in every city, at the same price. Singapore is the closest of the three to both.
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