AWSon-demand prices with dates and sources
Cheapest AWS region for your workload
EC2 on-demand Linux list prices across the AWS regions covered here, with the exact instance named beside each number.
19 regions · sorted by price
Cheapest regionfor general purpose onm5.large
US East (N. Virginia)
Ashburn, United States·us-east-1·6 availability zones
- $42/mo less(37%) than South America (São Paulo), the dearest
- 95 region heuristic
Based in North America, 6 AZs, SOC2 and PCI-DSS coverage.
Every region on one price scale
The dearest region costs 59% more than the cheapest. Select a dot to find it in the table.
Instances: AWS m5.large. On-demand Linux list price per hour.
19 regions ranked
| Region | Pin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWSUS East (N. Virginia) us-east-1|m5.large | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 2 | AWSUS East (Ohio) us-east-2|m5.large | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 3 | AWSUS West (Oregon) us-west-2|m5.large | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 4 | AWSAsia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1|m5.large | $0.1010 | $74 | |
| 5 | AWSEurope (Stockholm) eu-north-1|m5.large | $0.1020 | $74 | |
| 6 | AWSCanada (Central) ca-central-1|m5.large | $0.1070 | $78 | |
| 7 | AWSEurope (Ireland) eu-west-1|m5.large | $0.1070 | $78 | |
| 8 | AWSEurope (London) eu-west-2|m5.large | $0.1110 | $81 | |
| 9 | AWSUS West (N. California) us-west-1|m5.large | $0.1120 | $82 | |
| 10 | AWSEurope (Paris) eu-west-3|m5.large | $0.1120 | $82 | |
| 11 | AWSEurope (Frankfurt) eu-central-1|m5.large | $0.1150 | $84 | |
| 12 | AWSAsia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2|m5.large | $0.1180 | $86 | |
| 13 | AWSMiddle East (Bahrain) me-south-1|m5.large | $0.1180 | $86 | |
| 14 | AWSAsia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1|m5.large | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 15 | AWSAsia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2|m5.large | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 16 | AWSAsia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1|m5.large | $0.1240 | $91 | |
| 17 | AWSAfrica (Cape Town) af-south-1|m5.large | $0.1270 | $93 | |
| 18 | AWSAsia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1|m5.large | $0.1320 | $96 | |
| 19 | AWSSouth America (São Paulo) sa-east-1|m5.large | $0.1530 | $112 |
Understanding AWS region prices
For m5.large, this snapshot covers 19 priced regions at $0.0960–$0.1530/hr, observed 2026-10-10. Coverage is a curated set of regions and machine types; a missing region or price does not mean the provider cannot supply it.
Lowest general-purpose list price
$0.0960/hr in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) and 1 more.
The calculator above also ranks compute, memory and other shapes. Check the named SKU, required services, availability zones and your users' latency before choosing a region. Equal CPU and RAM do not guarantee equal performance.
Discounts and the final bill
The comparison starts with on-demand Linux list prices. Commitments and spot capacity have their own eligibility and operational trade-offs. The discount slider is your assumed service discount; internet egress stays at list price. Support, taxes and other services can change the final bill.
Carbon is a separate consideration
Among the covered regions, the lowest recorded grid-intensity estimates are:
- Europe (Stockholm) (eu-north-1): 8 gCO2eq/kWh.
- South America (São Paulo) (sa-east-1): 64 gCO2eq/kWh.
- Europe (Paris) (eu-west-3): 74 gCO2eq/kWh.
Observed 2026-10-08. These are dated grid estimates from Google and Cloud Carbon Footprint, with differing source years; they do not measure this workload's emissions or a data centre's electricity supply. Sources and limitations.