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Melbourne network latency (MEL)

Round-trip measurements between Melbourne (MEL) and 19 Hats Network PoPs, with route comparisons and downloadable probe data.

Open Data

Melbourne (MEL) is one of two Australian PoPs in the dataset. Sydney is the other Australian measurement origin.

Measurement round: 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z.

The published round covers 19 outbound routes from Melbourne. Incoming routes are measured separately; neither direction describes last-mile performance.

Fastest routes from Melbourne

Average round-trip time · lowest first

  1. Sydney SYD9.8 ms
  2. Singapore SIN88.4 ms
  3. Tokyo TYO112.0 ms
  4. Hong Kong HKG138.5 ms
  5. Taipei TPE143.2 ms
  6. Los Angeles LAX148.4 ms
  7. Seattle SEA172.1 ms
  8. Miami MIA201.0 ms
  9. Ashburn IAD203.9 ms
  10. New York NYC204.2 ms
9 more routes
  1. Marseille MRS233.5 ms
  2. Moscow MOW236.1 ms
  3. Paris PAR246.5 ms
  4. Frankfurt FRA248.6 ms
  5. London LON252.0 ms
  6. Amsterdam AMS252.8 ms
  7. Berlin BER254.7 ms
  8. São Paulo GRU305.3 ms
  9. Johannesburg JNB405.5 ms
Minimum, maximum and variation
RTT in milliseconds. Standard deviation is calculated within each probe round.
PoPMinMaxStdev
Sydney9.3611.080.40
Singapore83.08108.064.37
Tokyo105.34140.345.58
Hong Kong133.73150.994.36
Taipei135.00166.267.11
Los Angeles145.47157.532.96
Seattle169.00187.703.51
Miami191.59222.867.91
Ashburn194.63221.827.18
New York191.39227.398.13
Marseille221.74271.9310.30
Moscow226.33266.718.22
Paris234.28275.638.75
Frankfurt238.22288.5010.01
London239.89289.2210.82
Amsterdam241.73276.977.18
Berlin239.97301.1611.10
São Paulo295.61333.898.10
Johannesburg387.75464.7816.64

Fastest routes into Melbourne

Average round-trip time · lowest first

  1. Sydney SYD9.8 ms
  2. Singapore SIN88.6 ms
  3. Tokyo TYO113.9 ms
  4. Hong Kong HKG138.4 ms
  5. Taipei TPE142.0 ms
  6. Los Angeles LAX148.2 ms
  7. Seattle SEA170.1 ms
  8. Miami MIA200.7 ms
  9. Ashburn IAD203.9 ms
  10. New York NYC205.1 ms
9 more routes
  1. Marseille MRS234.2 ms
  2. Moscow MOW235.9 ms
  3. Paris PAR246.4 ms
  4. London LON249.6 ms
  5. Frankfurt FRA250.1 ms
  6. Amsterdam AMS252.5 ms
  7. Berlin BER256.2 ms
  8. São Paulo GRU274.7 ms
  9. Johannesburg JNB406.2 ms
Minimum, maximum and variation
RTT in milliseconds. Standard deviation is calculated within each probe round.
PoPMinMaxStdev
Sydney9.3811.840.46
Singapore86.6094.441.90
Tokyo107.58128.464.60
Hong Kong132.66153.754.90
Taipei135.86164.916.17
Los Angeles142.14162.195.38
Seattle164.93189.474.46
Miami190.44231.459.10
Ashburn200.88217.163.32
New York196.41229.316.74
Marseille225.73253.617.53
Moscow223.93262.018.78
Paris232.44296.6811.89
London242.04269.235.89
Frankfurt236.31287.2211.19
Amsterdam235.69297.3312.24
Berlin246.67285.107.82
São Paulo268.04300.545.82
Johannesburg391.17483.6416.40
RTT and geographic distance
Outbound RTT against city-centre distance. Distance alone does not identify the cable path.

Location

  • Location: Melbourne, Australia (Asia Pacific)
  • Region: Asia Pacific
  • Role: Backbone interconnection point for Hats Network (AS203314)
  • Public city reference: GeoNames 2158177; -37.81400, 144.96332
  • Coverage: RTT measurements to 19 other PoPs across 5 continents

Interconnection

  • Facility: MEL1
  • Upstream transit: HE / Superloop
Source
Destination
🇦🇺 Melbourne (MEL) → 🇩🇪 Berlin (BER)
254.7 msHigh

Round Summary

MetricValue
Fastest Route🇦🇺 Melbourne (MEL) → 🇦🇺 Sydney (SYD) (9.8 ms); Ultra-Low
Slowest Route🇦🇺 Melbourne (MEL) → 🇿🇦 Johannesburg (JNB) (405.5 ms)
Average RTT203.0 ms
Average Jitter1.75 ms
Average Packet Loss0.04%
Best Fiber Efficiency84.2%
Intra-Region Peers5 PoPs in Asia Pacific
Total Routes19 outbound / 19 inbound (100% coverage)

Jitter, packet-loss, percentile, and trend fields are estimated comparative indicators. Read the theoretical fiber latency methodology.

Regional Routes

Melbourne's 5 other Asia Pacific PoPs have RTTs from 9.8 ms (Sydney (SYD)) to 143.2 ms (Taipei (TPE)).

Melbourne is in southeastern Australia, southwest of Sydney.

Outbound Latency from Melbourne (MEL)

Round-trip time in milliseconds from Melbourne to all other backbone PoPs, sorted fastest to slowest.

DestinationRTT (ms)Fiber FloorEfficiencyJitterLossTier
🇦🇺 Sydney (SYD)9.86.99 ms71.3%0.12 ms0%Ultra-Low
🇸🇬 Singapore (SIN)88.459.22 ms67%0.89 ms0.02%Good
🇯🇵 Tokyo (TYO)11279.87 ms71.3%0.86 ms0%Good
🇭🇰 Hong Kong (HKG)138.572.38 ms52.3%1.39 ms0.19%Good
🇹🇼 Taipei (TPE)143.272.25 ms50.5%0.65 ms0%Good
🇺🇸 Los Angeles (LAX)148.4125 ms84.2%1.28 ms0.07%Good
🇺🇸 Seattle (SEA)172.1128.93 ms74.9%1.49 ms0%Fair
🇺🇸 Miami (MIA)201152.69 ms76%1.83 ms0%Fair
🇺🇸 Ashburn (IAD)203.9160.09 ms78.5%2.45 ms0.02%Fair
🇺🇸 New York (NYC)204.2163.27 ms80%2.1 ms0%Fair
🇫🇷 Marseille (MRS)233.5162.36 ms69.5%2.54 ms0%Fair
🇷🇺 Moscow (MOW)236.1141.13 ms59.8%2.48 ms0.05%Fair
🇫🇷 Paris (PAR)246.5164.4 ms66.7%1.53 ms0.13%Fair
🇩🇪 Frankfurt (FRA)248.6159.77 ms64.3%2.09 ms0.16%Fair
🇬🇧 London (LON)252165.48 ms65.7%2.3 ms0.04%High
🇳🇱 Amsterdam (AMS)252.8161.98 ms64.1%1.86 ms0%High
🇩🇪 Berlin (BER)254.7156.34 ms61.4%1.95 ms0%High
🇧🇷 São Paulo (GRU)305.3128.34 ms42%1.69 ms0%High
🇿🇦 Johannesburg (JNB)405.5101.33 ms25%3.75 ms0.06%High

Fastest Routes to Melbourne (MEL)

The 10 fastest measured routes to Melbourne, ranked by average RTT. Min / max / stdev are computed from the same measurement round (50 ICMP echo probes per route, 100 ms interval); routes without a published per-sample round show the measured average RTT only.

RankSourceAvg RTTMinMaxStdev
1🇦🇺 Sydney (SYD)9.8 ms9.38 ms11.84 ms0.46 ms
2🇸🇬 Singapore (SIN)88.6 ms86.6 ms94.44 ms1.9 ms
3🇯🇵 Tokyo (TYO)113.9 ms107.58 ms128.46 ms4.6 ms
4🇭🇰 Hong Kong (HKG)138.4 ms132.66 ms153.75 ms4.9 ms
5🇹🇼 Taipei (TPE)142 ms135.86 ms164.91 ms6.17 ms
6🇺🇸 Los Angeles (LAX)148.2 ms142.14 ms162.19 ms5.38 ms
7🇺🇸 Seattle (SEA)170.1 ms164.93 ms189.47 ms4.46 ms
8🇺🇸 Miami (MIA)200.7 ms190.44 ms231.45 ms9.1 ms
9🇺🇸 Ashburn (IAD)203.9 ms200.88 ms217.16 ms3.32 ms
10🇺🇸 New York (NYC)205.1 ms196.41 ms229.31 ms6.74 ms

Inbound Latency to Melbourne (MEL)

Round-trip time in milliseconds from all other PoPs to Melbourne. The measurement origin matters: inbound and outbound RTT can differ for the same pair.

SourceRTT (ms)Fiber FloorEfficiencyJitterLossTier
🇦🇺 Sydney (SYD)9.86.99 ms71.3%0.12 ms0.19%Ultra-Low
🇸🇬 Singapore (SIN)88.659.22 ms66.8%0.7 ms0%Good
🇯🇵 Tokyo (TYO)113.979.87 ms70.1%1.25 ms0.05%Good
🇭🇰 Hong Kong (HKG)138.472.38 ms52.3%1.41 ms0%Good
🇹🇼 Taipei (TPE)14272.25 ms50.9%1.12 ms0.08%Good
🇺🇸 Los Angeles (LAX)148.2125 ms84.3%1.74 ms0.06%Good
🇺🇸 Seattle (SEA)170.1128.93 ms75.8%0.98 ms0%Fair
🇺🇸 Miami (MIA)200.7152.69 ms76.1%1.72 ms0%Fair
🇺🇸 Ashburn (IAD)203.9160.09 ms78.5%1.06 ms0.15%Fair
🇺🇸 New York (NYC)205.1163.27 ms79.6%1.79 ms0.04%Fair
🇫🇷 Marseille (MRS)234.2162.36 ms69.3%1.1 ms0%Fair
🇷🇺 Moscow (MOW)235.9141.13 ms59.8%1.11 ms0%Fair
🇫🇷 Paris (PAR)246.4164.4 ms66.7%1.59 ms0.17%Fair
🇬🇧 London (LON)249.6165.48 ms66.3%2.17 ms0%Fair
🇩🇪 Frankfurt (FRA)250.1159.77 ms63.9%2.57 ms0%High
🇳🇱 Amsterdam (AMS)252.5161.98 ms64.1%1.77 ms0.03%High
🇩🇪 Berlin (BER)256.2156.34 ms61%3.01 ms0.03%High
🇧🇷 São Paulo (GRU)274.7128.34 ms46.7%1.71 ms0.08%High
🇿🇦 Johannesburg (JNB)406.2101.33 ms24.9%2.56 ms0%High

Asia Pacific Peers

Melbourne is one of 6 Hats Network PoPs in Asia Pacific. The table lists outbound measurements within the region.

PoPCodeCountryRTT (ms)Tier
🇭🇰 Hong Kong (HKG)HKGHong Kong138.5Good
🇸🇬 Singapore (SIN)SINSingapore88.4Good
🇦🇺 Sydney (SYD)SYDAustralia9.8Ultra-Low
🇹🇼 Taipei (TPE)TPETaiwan143.2Good
🇯🇵 Tokyo (TYO)TYOJapan112Good

Questions

What is the fastest route to Melbourne?

The fastest measured route to Melbourne (MEL) is Sydney (SYD) → Melbourne (MEL), averaging 9.8 ms RTT (Ultra-Low).

What is the fastest route from Melbourne?

The fastest measured route from Melbourne (MEL) is Melbourne (MEL) → Sydney (SYD), averaging 9.8 ms RTT (Ultra-Low).

How well connected is Melbourne to the Hats Network backbone?

Melbourne (MEL) maintains measured routes to all 19 other PoPs across 5 continents. The slowest route, Melbourne (MEL) → Johannesburg (JNB), averages 405.5 ms RTT.

Round published August 16, 2026. All 20 PoPs · Dataset and licence.

Hong Kong network latency (HKG)

Round-trip measurements between Hong Kong (HKG) and 19 Hats Network PoPs, with route comparisons and downloadable probe data.

Singapore network latency (SIN)

Round-trip measurements between Singapore (SIN) and 19 Hats Network PoPs, with route comparisons and downloadable probe data.

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