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c5.xlarge Windows prices

c5.xlarge with Windows costs $0.354 per hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia) ($258.42 a month), $0.184 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is Asia Pacific (Mumbai), at $0.354 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

RegionWindowsLinuxWindows license
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)$0.354$0.17$0.184
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)$0.354$0.17$0.184
US East (N. Virginia)$0.354$0.17$0.184
US East (Ohio)$0.354$0.17$0.184
US West (Oregon)$0.354$0.17$0.184
EU (Stockholm)$0.366$0.182$0.184
Canada (Central)$0.37$0.186$0.184
Canada West (Calgary)$0.37$0.186$0.184
Asia Pacific (Seoul)$0.376$0.192$0.184
Europe (Spain)$0.376$0.192$0.184
EU (Ireland)$0.376$0.192$0.184
EU (Frankfurt)$0.378$0.194$0.184
Asia Pacific (Singapore)$0.38$0.196$0.184
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)$0.38$0.196$0.184
EU (Milan)$0.386$0.202$0.184
EU (London)$0.386$0.202$0.184
EU (Paris)$0.386$0.202$0.184
Israel (Tel Aviv)$0.386$0.202$0.184
AWS GovCloud (US-East)$0.388$0.204$0.184
AWS GovCloud (US-West)$0.388$0.204$0.184
Middle East (UAE)$0.395$0.211$0.184
Middle East (Bahrain)$0.395$0.211$0.184
US West (N. California)$0.396$0.212$0.184
Europe (Zurich)$0.397$0.213$0.184
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)$0.398$0.214$0.184
Asia Pacific (Osaka)$0.398$0.214$0.184
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)$0.4$0.216$0.184
Asia Pacific (Sydney)$0.406$0.222$0.184
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)$0.406$0.222$0.184
Africa (Cape Town)$0.412$0.228$0.184
South America (Sao Paulo)$0.446$0.262$0.184

Windows and SQL Server in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Windows$0.354$0.291$0.255
Windows SQL Web$0.422$0.359$0.323
Windows SQL Std$0.834$0.771$0.735
Windows SQL Ent$1.854$1.791$1.755

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 options.