Measured latency to Bithumb around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
Bithumb latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~27 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~80 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~84 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~122 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~194 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~285 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~294 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~304 ms |
Indicative REST round-trips from our multi-region measurements — for comparing regions, not an SLA. WebSocket feeds are faster in absolute terms, but the regional proportions hold.
Best server location for trading on Bithumb
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Seoul (ap-northeast-2): it reaches Bithumb in about 27 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against Bithumb from N. Virginia or other distant regions. At ~304 ms (11× the co-located figure) every price you see is stale before you can act on it, and that staleness turns into slippage on every market order.
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Where are Bithumb's servers located?
Bithumb responds fastest from AWS Seoul (ap-northeast-2) — about 27 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Seoul.
What is the best server location for Bithumb?
AWS Seoul (ap-northeast-2). A server there reaches Bithumb in ~27 ms, versus ~304 ms from N. Virginia — a 11× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to Bithumb?
In our measurements: ~27 ms from Seoul versus ~304 ms from N. Virginia — a 11× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.