# Moscow, Russia → Sydney, Australia RTT

🇷🇺 **Moscow, Russia (MOW)** → 🇦🇺 **Sydney, Australia (SYD)**

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

In the 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z round, Moscow to Sydney averaged 241.8 ms ICMP echo RTT, with a minimum of 231.04 ms, a maximum of 265.67 ms, and zero packet loss across 50 samples.

The average is 1.70 times the fiber-optic propagation floor for the 14,484 km great-circle distance, translating to 58.7% fiber efficiency. The 7.65 ms standard deviation and 5.98 ms jitter indicate reasonably stable behavior even near the upper end of this route set.

It was ranked 19th among the 19 Moscow outbound paths in this round, placing it at the bottom of the ranking. Its relative variability of 3.2% of the average, however, sits just below the 3.28% median for those paths, so the lowest-ranked route in this set is not the most erratic.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                      |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| RTT                  | **241.8 ms**                                               |
| Jitter               | **5.98 ms**                                                |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                     |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **141.84 ms**                                              |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **58.7%**                                                  |
| Latency Tier         | Fair                                                       |
| Source Region        | [Europe](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe)             |
| Destination Region   | [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific) |

## 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 [Moscow](https://www.geonames.org/524901) (55.75204, 37.61781) and [Sydney](https://www.geonames.org/2147714) (-33.86785, 151.20732). It does not disclose either facility address.

| Physical Reference                            | Value           |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| WGS-84 geodesic distance                      | **14,483.9 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **96.63 ms**    |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **141.84 ms**   |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **141.27 ms**   |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **148.95 ms**   |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **188.64 ms**   |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **3041.6 dB**   |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **191 / 190**   |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor      | **1.7×**        |

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        | **231.04 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **241.8 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **265.67 ms** |
| Standard deviation | **7.65 ms**   |
| Stdev / average    | **3.2%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Moscow (MOW)](/docs/network/latency/mow-moscow)
* Destination PoP: [Sydney (SYD)](/docs/network/latency/syd-sydney)
* Region overview: [Europe](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe) → [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)
* Corridor overview: [Europe to Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe-to-asia-pacific)
* 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**

* [Sydney to Moscow latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/syd-mow-rtt) — 242.2 ms

**Fastest routes departing Moscow (MOW)**

* [Moscow to Berlin latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-ber-rtt) — 27.5 ms
* [Moscow to Frankfurt latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-fra-rtt) — 35.9 ms
* [Moscow to Amsterdam latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-ams-rtt) — 37.6 ms
* [Moscow to London latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-lon-rtt) — 42.4 ms
* [Moscow to Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-par-rtt) — 44 ms

**Fastest routes arriving at Sydney (SYD)**

* [Melbourne to Sydney latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-syd-rtt) — 9.8 ms
* [Singapore to Sydney latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sin-syd-rtt) — 94.5 ms
* [Tokyo to Sydney latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tyo-syd-rtt) — 101.9 ms
* [Taipei to Sydney latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tpe-syd-rtt) — 133.2 ms
* [Hong Kong to Sydney latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-syd-rtt) — 137.2 ms

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

* [Moscow to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-hkg-rtt) — 118.6 ms
* [Moscow to Taipei latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-tpe-rtt) — 132.1 ms
* [Marseille to Singapore latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mrs-sin-rtt) — 139.6 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/mow-syd.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Moscow → Sydney 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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