Measured latency to Bitstamp around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
Bitstamp latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~20 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~30 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~62 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~65 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~71 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~78 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~88 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~337 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 Bitstamp
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1): it reaches Bitstamp in about 20 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against Bitstamp from N. Virginia or other distant regions. At ~337 ms (17× 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 Bitstamp's servers located?
Bitstamp responds fastest from AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1) — about 20 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Frankfurt.
What is the best server location for Bitstamp?
AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1). A server there reaches Bitstamp in ~20 ms, versus ~337 ms from N. Virginia — a 17× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to Bitstamp?
In our measurements: ~20 ms from Frankfurt versus ~337 ms from N. Virginia — a 17× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.