Azureon-demand prices with dates and sources
Cheapest Azure region for your workload
Virtual machine on-demand Linux list prices across the Azure regions covered here, with the exact VM size named beside each number.
19 regions · sorted by price
Cheapest regionfor general purpose onD2s_v3
East US
Boydton, United States·eastus·3 availability zones
- $46/mo less(40%) than Brazil South, the dearest
- 95 region heuristic
Based in North America, 3 AZs, SOC2 and PCI-DSS coverage.
Every region on one price scale
The dearest region costs 66% more than the cheapest. Select a dot to find it in the table.
Instances: Azure D2s_v3. On-demand Linux list price per hour.
19 regions ranked
| Region | Pin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AzureEast US eastus|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 2 | AzureEast US 2 eastus2|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 3 | AzureWest US 2 westus2|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 4 | AzureWest US 3 westus3|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 5 | AzureSweden Central swedencentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1020 | $74 | |
| 6 | AzureCentral India centralindia|D2s_v3 | $0.1050 | $77 | |
| 7 | AzureNorth Europe northeurope|D2s_v3 | $0.1070 | $78 | |
| 8 | AzureCanada Central canadacentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1110 | $81 | |
| 9 | AzureFrance Central francecentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1120 | $82 | |
| 10 | AzureGermany West Central germanywestcentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1150 | $84 | |
| 11 | AzureUK South uksouth|D2s_v3 | $0.1160 | $85 | |
| 12 | AzureWest Europe westeurope|D2s_v3 | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 13 | AzureUAE North uaenorth|D2s_v3 | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 14 | AzureSoutheast Asia southeastasia|D2s_v3 | $0.1250 | $91 | |
| 15 | AzureAustralia East australiaeast|D2s_v3 | $0.1250 | $91 | |
| 16 | AzureSouth Africa North southafricanorth|D2s_v3 | $0.1270 | $93 | |
| 17 | AzureJapan East japaneast|D2s_v3 | $0.1290 | $94 | |
| 18 | AzureEast Asia eastasia|D2s_v3 | $0.1320 | $96 | |
| 19 | AzureBrazil South brazilsouth|D2s_v3 | $0.1590 | $116 |
Understanding Azure region prices
For D2s_v3, this snapshot covers 19 priced regions at $0.0960–$0.1590/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 East US (eastus), East US 2 (eastus2) and 2 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.
Azure Hybrid Benefit applies only to qualifying licences and services. These Linux VM list prices do not assume that you have eligible Windows Server or SQL Server licences.
Carbon is a separate consideration
Among the covered regions, the lowest recorded grid-intensity estimates are:
- Sweden Central (swedencentral): 5.7 gCO2eq/kWh.
- France Central (francecentral): 51.3 gCO2eq/kWh.
- Brazil South (brazilsouth): 61.7 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.