Measured latency to HitBTC around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
HitBTC latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~32 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~60 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~279 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~349 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~408 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~441 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~452 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~517 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 HitBTC
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1): it reaches HitBTC in about 32 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against HitBTC from N. Virginia or other distant regions. At ~517 ms (16× 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 HitBTC's servers located?
HitBTC responds fastest from AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1) — about 32 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Frankfurt.
What is the best server location for HitBTC?
AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1). A server there reaches HitBTC in ~32 ms, versus ~517 ms from N. Virginia — a 16× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to HitBTC?
In our measurements: ~32 ms from Frankfurt versus ~517 ms from N. Virginia — a 16× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.