Ookla Ranks Internet Performance in the World’s Largest Cities: China is #1

Posted on by Alan Weissberger

Internet connectivity benchmarking firm Ookla, which maintains the popular Speedtest.net service, has updated their ranking of broadband performance in countries around the world to include internet speed rankings for some of the “world’s largest cities.”  Ookla’s new list ranks median internet download speeds in nearly 200 cities all over the world.

Overall, China topped the list with Shanghai as the fastest city on their list for mobile broadband with a median download speed of 158.63Mbps (24.32Mbps upload and 17ms latency), while Beijing was fastest for fixed broadband during September 2022 at 238.86Mbps (37.75Mbps upload and 7ms latency).

Beijing (China) and Valparaiso (Chile) were ranked highest in the fixed broadband category, with average speeds of 239 Mbps and 223 Mbps, respectively, followed by Shanghai (222 Mbps), New York (218 Mbps), Bangkok (217 Mbps) and Madrid (197 Mbps).

Fastest Broadband Speeds for the World’s Largest Cities 2022

Fastest Cities for Mobile (Mbps) Fastest Cities for Fixed Broadband (Mbps)
Shanghai, China 158.63 Beijing, China 238.86
Copenhagen, Denmark 157.54 Valparaíso, Chile 222.67
Oslo, Norway 155.19 Shanghai, China 221.85
Busan, South Korea 147.55 New York, United States 218.04
Beijing, China 145.76 Bangkok, Thailand 217.19
Sofia, Bulgaria 145.28 Madrid, Spain 196.7
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar 140.69 Bucharest, Romania 195.6
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 137.48 Lyon, France 193.34
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 135.52 Chon Buri, Thailand 188.25
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 133.65 Tokyo, Japan 185.04
Stockholm, Sweden 126.4 Los Angeles, United States 184.15
Antwerp, Belgium 121.33 Geneva, Switzerland 182.84
Gothenburg, Sweden 120.71 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 178.17
Doha, Qatar 114 Zürich, Switzerland 177.6
Seoul, South Korea 113.36 Santiago, Chile 176.58
Melbourne (Greater), Australia 111.78 Copenhagen, Denmark 175.31
Sydney, Australia 108.04 Barcelona, Spain 173.71
New York, United States 106.57 Osaka, Japan 169.18
Rotterdam, Netherlands 100.85 Toronto, Canada 164.93
Skopje, North Macedonia 99.02 Paris, France 155.24
Toronto, Canada 98.29 Auckland, New Zealand 149.22
Amsterdam, Netherlands 96.79 Budapest, Hungary 147.82
Los Angeles, United States 95.4 Taipei, Taiwan 144.35
Zürich, Switzerland 89.17 Kraków, Poland 138.75
Montreal, Canada 84.25 Warsaw, Poland 138.64
Helsinki, Finland 83.57 São Paulo, Brazil 124.05
Zagreb, Croatia 82.36 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 118.99
Muscat, Oman 79.66 New Taipei, Taiwan 115.36
Auckland, New Zealand 77.91 Gothenburg, Sweden 111.29
Lisbon, Portugal 76.23 Porto, Portugal 110.91
Manama, Bahrain 72.72 Stockholm, Sweden 109.59
Kuwait City, Kuwait 72.61 Haifa, Israel 108.46
Porto, Portugal 72.16 Seoul, South Korea 106.48
Paris, France 72.12 Chisinau, Moldova 105.05
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 71.92 Panama City, Panama 104.25
Geneva, Switzerland 70.88 Oslo, Norway 102.76
Berlin, Germany 70.02 Montevideo, Uruguay 102.57
Vilnius, Lithuania 67.7 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 100.49
Manchester, United Kingdom 67.07 Amsterdam, Netherlands 99.66
London, United Kingdom 66.36 Milan, Italy 98.57
Taipei, Taiwan 65.18 Rotterdam, Netherlands 95.39
Vienna, Austria 65.08 Kuwait City, Kuwait 94.65
New Taipei, Taiwan 64.69 Medellín, Colombia 94.48
Brussels, Belgium 58.78 Busan, South Korea 94.43
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 58.64 Bogotá, Colombia 94.38
Athens, Greece 57.23 Vilnius, Lithuania 94.28
Hamburg, Germany 56.77 Ar-Rayyan, Qatar 94.16
São Paulo, Brazil 56.58 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 93.71
Thessaloniki, Greece 56.57 Lisbon, Portugal 93.13
Lyon, France 56.08 Dublin, Ireland 91.63
Prague, Czechia 55.25 Moscow, Russia 91.26
Belgrade, Serbia 53.27 Riga, Latvia 91.14
Bucharest, Romania 52.03 Montreal, Canada 90.06
Osaka, Japan 51.53 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 89.38
Milan, Italy 51.27 Vienna, Austria 88.05
Budapest, Hungary 49.88 Belgrade, Serbia 87.88
Tokyo, Japan 49.86 Antwerp, Belgium 87.17
Riga, Latvia 45.88 Berlin, Germany 86.65
Kraków, Poland 44.42 Doha, Qatar 86.62
Warsaw, Poland 43.48 Hamburg, Germany 85.35
Barcelona, Spain 42.88 Johor Bahru, Malaysia 85.03
Rabat, Morocco 41.98 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 84.96
Madrid, Spain 40.78 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 84.32
Johannesburg, South Africa 40.38 Helsinki, Finland 84.11
Hanoi, Vietnam 40.01 Saint Petersburg, Russia 83.33
Rome, Italy 40 Amman, Jordan 80.37
Dublin, Ireland 39.96 Kiev, Ukraine 77.42
Bangkok, Thailand 39.3 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 76.81
Haifa, Israel 39.05 Davao City, Philippines 75.23
Chon Buri, Thailand 39.03 Asuncion, Paraguay 74.18
Baku, Azerbaijan 37.12 London, United Kingdom 73.93
Tbilisi, Georgia 37.08 Hanoi, Vietnam 73.67
Chisinau, Moldova 36.3 Sofia, Bulgaria 73.66
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 36.09 Manila, Philippines 73.47
Johor Bahru, Malaysia 35.67 Manchester, United Kingdom 73.43
Cape Town, South Africa 35.42 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 73.2
Ankara, Turkey 35.27 Brussels, Belgium 71.71
Montevideo, Uruguay 34.82 Buenos Aires, Argentina 71.41
Istanbul, Turkey 34.7 Muscat, Oman 69.46
Tehran, Iran 34.24 Az-Zarqa, Jordan 67.53
Guadalajara, Mexico 32.77 Kharkiv, Ukraine 67.05
Mashhad, Iran 32.71 Rome, Italy 64.92
Beirut, Lebanon 32.35 Zagreb, Croatia 63.92
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 31.69 Delhi, India 63.2
Kharkiv, Ukraine 31.06 San José, Costa Rica 61.44
Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) 30.98 Prague, Czechia 60.67
Casablanca, Morocco 30.84 Mexico City, Mexico 59.56
Mosul, Iraq 30.77 Minsk, Belarus 59.14
Sfax, Tunisia 30.74 Maracaibo, Venezuela 57.31
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30.1 Guadalajara, Mexico 55.63
Kingston, Jamaica 29.89 Lima, Peru 53.68
Moscow, Russia 29.74 Sydney, Australia 53.64
Baghdad, Iraq 29.62 Melbourne (Greater), Australia 53.45
Mexico City, Mexico 28.28 Arequipa, Peru 53.4
Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) 28.21 Gomel, Belarus 52.91
Samarkand, Uzbekistan 28.2 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 52.79
Vientiane, Laos 28.15 Kathmandu, Nepal 52.68
Kiev, Ukraine 28.15 Guayaquil, Ecuador 51.87
Guatemala City, Guatemala 27.89 Johannesburg, South Africa 51.79
Buenos Aires, Argentina 26.49 Córdoba, Argentina 51.67
Almaty, Kazakhstan 26.44 Alexandria, Egypt 51.07
Manila, Philippines 26.16 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 50.05
Tunis, Tunisia 25.87 Skopje, North Macedonia 48.09
Córdoba, Argentina 25.3 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 47.85
Valparaíso, Chile 24.16 Manama, Bahrain 47.69
Yerevan, Armenia 23.98 Quito, Ecuador 47.36
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 23.93 Almaty, Kazakhstan 47.21
Luanda, Angola 23.93 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 46.27
San Pedro Sula, Honduras 23.83 Kingston, Jamaica 45.75
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 23.81 Thessaloniki, Greece 44.35
Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic 23.64 Mumbai, India 43.56
Saint Petersburg, Russia 21.19 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 43.14
San Salvador, El Salvador 20.58 Managua, Nicaragua 42.68
Alexandria, Egypt 20.46 Dhaka, Bangladesh 40.38
Cairo, Egypt 20.43 Yerevan, Armenia 40.34
Az-Zarqa, Jordan 20.4 Athens, Greece 40
Davao City, Philippines 20.35 Cape Town, South Africa 39.5
Amman, Jordan 20.13 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 38.44
Kampala, Uganda 20.01 Ankara, Turkey 37.42
Santiago, Chile 19.87 Istanbul, Turkey 36.75
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 19.79 Libreville, Gabon 36.13
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 18.94 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 33.55
Quito, Ecuador 18.89 Antananarivo, Madagascar 33.34
Lagos, Nigeria 18.85 Chittagong, Bangladesh 33.02
Managua, Nicaragua 18.64 Lome, Togo 31.97
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 18.37 Samarkand, Uzbekistan 31.58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 17.29 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 31.53
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 17.22 San Salvador, El Salvador 31.36
San José, Costa Rica 17.21 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 30.87
Nairobi, Kenya 17.09 Pointe-Noire, Congo 30.11
Colombo, Sri Lanka 16.95 Guatemala City, Guatemala 29.53
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 16.69 Vientiane, Laos 29.04
Guayaquil, Ecuador 16.6 Accra, Ghana 28.71
Bekasi, Indonesia 16.47 Baku, Azerbaijan 28.69
Misrata, Libya 16.46 Brazzaville, Congo 27.55
South Jakarta, Indonesia 16.14 Bekasi, Indonesia 27.04
Dakar, Senegal 16.13 South Jakarta, Indonesia 27
Asuncion, Paraguay 15.93 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 26.28
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 15.8 Tbilisi, Georgia 26.12
Panama City, Panama 15.75 Bamako, Mali 24.37
Oran, Algeria 15.57 Dakar, Senegal 23.41
Lahore, Pakistan 15.01 La Paz, Bolivia 23.25
Delhi, India 14.99 Cairo, Egypt 22.42
Dhaka, Bangladesh 14.98 Nouakchott, Mauritania 21.75
Kathmandu, Nepal 14.94 Baghdad, Iraq 21.58
Lima, Peru 14.65 Casablanca, Morocco 20.23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 14.51 Phnom Penh, Cambodia 19.78
Arequipa, Peru 13.5 Dushanbe, Tajikistan 19.61
Algiers, Algeria 13.49 Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) 19.37
Damascus, Syria 12.83 Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) 19.03
Tripoli, Libya 12.36 Rabat, Morocco 17.57
Mumbai, India 12.29 Colombo, Sri Lanka 16.65
Bogotá, Colombia 11.99 Cotonou, Benin 15.97
Karachi, Pakistan 11.92 Karachi, Pakistan 14.82
Minsk, Belarus 11.33 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 14.7
La Paz, Bolivia 10.76 Luanda, Angola 14.18
Khartoum, Sudan 10.66 Mombasa, Kenya 14.08
Medellín, Colombia 10.4 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 13.74
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 10.07 Mosul, Iraq 12.43
Sana’a, Yemen 9.96 Lagos, Nigeria 12.22
Aleppo, Syria 9.18 Oran, Algeria 12.09
Chittagong, Bangladesh 8.84 Tehran, Iran 11.9
Dushanbe, Tajikistan 8.83 Algiers, Algeria 11.87
Gomel, Belarus 8.72 Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic 11.71
Maracaibo, Venezuela 7.75 Lahore, Pakistan 10.88
Caracas, Venezuela 7.16 Kampala, Uganda 10.6
Accra, Ghana 6.41 Kigali, Rwanda 9.65
Kabul, Afghanistan 5.15 Nairobi, Kenya 9.58
Port-au-Prince, Haiti 4.82 Lusaka, Zambia 9.12
Havana, Cuba 4.51 Tunis, Tunisia 8.54

 

North America

  • United States: T-Mobile was the fastest mobile operator with a median download speed of 116.14 Mbps. Spectrum was fastest for fixed broadband at 211.66 Mbps.
  • Canada: TELUS was the fastest mobile operator in Canada with a median download speed of 76.03 Mbps. Rogers was fastest for fixed broadband (223.89 Mbps).
  • Mexico: Telcel had the fastest median download speed over mobile at 36.07 Mbps. Totalplay was fastest for fixed broadband at 74.64 Mbps.

 

Europe

 

  • Albania: Vodafone was the fastest mobile operator with a median download speed of 46.75 Mbps. Digicom was fastest for fixed broadband at 77.83 Mbps.
  • Belgium: Telenet had the fastest median download speed over fixed broadband at 126.79 Mbps.
  • Denmark: YouSee was the fastest mobile operator in Denmark with a median download speed of 118.32 Mbps. Fastspeed was fastest for fixed broadband at 270.80 Mbps.
  • Estonia: The fastest operator in Estonia was Telia with a median download speed of 72.95 Mbps. Elisa was fastest over fixed broadband at 84.09 Mbps.
  • Finland: DNA had the fastest median download speed over mobile at 74.65 Mbps. Lounea was fastest for fixed broadband at 103.79 Mbps.
  • Germany: Telekom was the fastest mobile operator in Germany with a median download speed of 78.85 Mbps. Vodafone was fastest for fixed broadband at 112.58 Mbps.
  • Latvia: LMT had the fastest median download speed over mobile at 63.59 Mbps. Balticom was fastest for fixed broadband at 203.31 Mbps.
  • Lithuania: The operator with the fastest median download speed was Telia with 102.09 Mbps. Cgates was fastest for fixed broadband at 131.63 Mbps.
  • Poland: Orange had the fastest median download speed over mobile at 43.02 Mbps. UPC was fastest for fixed broadband at 206.22 Mbps.
  • Turkey: Turkcell was the fastest mobile operator in Turkey with a median download speed of 51.92 Mbps. TurkNet was fastest for fixed broadband at 50.94 Mbps.

References:

https://www.ookla.com/articles/global-index-cities-announcement

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