Sydney to Ashburn Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314
Sydney to Ashburn ping and RTT: 195.6 ms, 1.53 ms jitter, 153.48 ms fiber floor, and 78.5% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-07-19.
🇦🇺 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from Sydney (SYD) to 🇺🇸 Ashburn (IAD) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.
Latency Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| RTT | 195.6 ms |
| Jitter | 1.53 ms |
| Packet Loss | 0% |
| Standard Fiber Floor | 153.48 ms |
| Fiber Efficiency | 78.5% |
| Latency Tier | Fair |
| Source Region | Asia Pacific |
| Destination Region | North America |
Theoretical Fiber Latency
The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Sydney (-33.86785, 151.20732) and Ashburn (39.04372, -77.48749). It does not disclose either facility address.
| Physical Reference | Value |
|---|---|
| WGS-84 geodesic distance | 15,673.1 km |
| Vacuum RTT floor | 104.56 ms |
| Standard fiber RTT floor () | 153.48 ms |
| Low-latency fiber material floor | 152.87 ms |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance) | 161.18 ms |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference | 204.13 ms |
| Estimated unamplified path loss | 3291.4 dB |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | 206 / 205 |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor | 1.27× |
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.
Stability & Trend
The following estimated indicators summarize route stability for the current publication period and are intended for comparative planning rather than SLA evaluation.
| Stability Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum RTT | 193.7 ms |
| Median RTT (p50) | 195.4 ms |
| 95th percentile RTT (p95) | 197.8 ms |
| Maximum RTT | 198.6 ms |
| Jitter | 1.53 ms |
| Packet loss | 0% |
RTT trend
Estimated route stability across the selected time window.
- Average
- 195.6 ms
- Minimum
- 193.8 ms
- Maximum
- 197.8 ms
- Average loss
- 0.01%
Route Context
- Departure PoP: Sydney (SYD)
- Destination PoP: Ashburn (IAD)
- Region overview: Asia Pacific → North America
- Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
- Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency
Related City-Pair Routes
- Reverse direction: Ashburn to Sydney latency and RTT — 195.4 ms
- Sydney to Melbourne latency and RTT — 9.8 ms
- Sydney to Singapore latency and RTT — 94.7 ms
- Sydney to Tokyo latency and RTT — 101.8 ms
- Sydney to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 124.7 ms
- Sydney to Taipei latency and RTT — 133.7 ms
About This Measurement
Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. Stability indicators are comparative estimates, and none of these values is an SLA.
Data auto-generated on July 19, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.