# Hong Kong → Paris, France RTT

🇭🇰 **Hong Kong (HKG)** → 🇫🇷 **Paris, France (PAR)**

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

In the 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z measurement round, 50 ICMP echo probes from Hong Kong to Paris were sent at 100 ms intervals, and none were lost. The average round-trip time was 159.4 ms, with observed values between a minimum of 154.31 ms and a maximum of 174.31 ms.

The route's 4.8 ms standard deviation and 4.33 ms jitter place it in the Fair latency tier. It ranks thirteenth among the 19 outbound routes from Hong Kong measured in this round, and its variation coefficient of roughly 3.0 percent sits close to the 3.28 percent median for that group.

Geometrically, the 9,647.6 km great-circle route has a fiber-floor RTT of 94.48 ms, so the observed average is 1.69 times the floor and fiber efficiency is 59.3 percent. Zero packet loss is a positive signal for reachability, while the spread around the average suggests a typical long-haul profile in this Hong Kong outbound set.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                      |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| RTT                  | **159.4 ms**                                               |
| Jitter               | **4.33 ms**                                                |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                     |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **94.48 ms**                                               |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **59.3%**                                                  |
| Latency Tier         | Fair                                                       |
| Source Region        | [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific) |
| Destination Region   | [Europe](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe)             |

## Ping Measurement Series

The chart below renders the 50-sample ICMP echo measurement round for this route; an accessible table of every sample is included with the chart.

## Download This Route's Data

This route's measurement round is published as open data (CC BY 4.0) in CSV, JSON, and YAML. See [About This Measurement](#about-this-measurement) for citation guidance.

## Theoretical Fiber Latency

The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for [Hong Kong](https://www.geonames.org/1819729) (22.27832, 114.17469) and [Paris](https://www.geonames.org/2988507) (48.85341, 2.34880). It does not disclose either facility address.

| Physical Reference                            | Value          |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| WGS-84 geodesic distance                      | **9,647.6 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **64.36 ms**   |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **94.48 ms**   |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **94.1 ms**    |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **99.21 ms**   |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **125.65 ms**  |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **2026 dB**    |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **127 / 126**  |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor      | **1.69×**      |

Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full [theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency).

## Stability & Trend

The current measurement round (2026-08-16T04:07:28Z) collected 50 ICMP echo samples on this route. Distribution statistics from that round:

| Round Statistic    | Value         |
| ------------------ | ------------- |
| Minimum RTT        | **154.31 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **159.4 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **174.31 ms** |
| Standard deviation | **4.8 ms**    |
| Stdev / average    | **3.0%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Hong Kong (HKG)](/docs/network/latency/hkg-hong-kong)
* Destination PoP: [Paris (PAR)](/docs/network/latency/par-paris)
* Region overview: [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific) → [Europe](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe)
* Full global matrix: [Backbone Latency Matrix](/docs/network/latency)
* Physical methodology: [Theoretical Fiber Latency](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency)

## Related City-Pair Routes

**Reverse direction**

* [Paris to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/par-hkg-rtt) — 160.1 ms

**Fastest routes departing Hong Kong (HKG)**

* [Hong Kong to Taipei latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-tpe-rtt) — 14.7 ms
* [Hong Kong to Singapore latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-sin-rtt) — 31.5 ms
* [Hong Kong to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-tyo-rtt) — 44.9 ms
* [Hong Kong to Moscow latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-mow-rtt) — 118.2 ms
* [Hong Kong to Seattle latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-sea-rtt) — 131.6 ms

**Fastest routes arriving at Paris (PAR)**

* [London to Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lon-par-rtt) — 6.4 ms
* [Amsterdam to Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/ams-par-rtt) — 7 ms
* [Frankfurt to Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/fra-par-rtt) — 7.6 ms
* [Marseille to Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mrs-par-rtt) — 8.9 ms
* [Berlin to Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/ber-par-rtt) — 15.6 ms

**Same corridor (Asia Pacific → Europe)**

* [Taipei to Moscow latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tpe-mow-rtt) — 132.7 ms
* [Singapore to Marseille latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sin-mrs-rtt) — 140.6 ms
* [Hong Kong to Berlin latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-ber-rtt) — 145.1 ms

## About This Measurement

Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior measured with ICMP echo probes between PoPs. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. None of these values is an SLA.

The measurement round behind this page is published as open data under **CC BY 4.0** in the [Hats Network latency dataset](/opendata/latency/). Per-pair files are available at `/opendata/latency/latest/pairs/hkg-par.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Hong Kong → Paris round 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z, CC BY 4.0".

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*Data auto-generated on August 16, 2026. Explore the [full interactive latency matrix](/docs/network/latency) or browse more [city-pair routes](/docs/network/latency/pairs).*

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