Instances Azure VM Standard_D2_v5 Standard_D2_v5
Standard_D2_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.096 per hour on demand ($70.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0592 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0203 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan East US eastus $0.096 $0.0203 $0.0592 $0.0379 $0.0658 $0.0442 East US 2 eastus2 $0.096 $0.0275 $0.0592 $0.0379 $0.0662 $0.0451 North Central US northcentralus $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0592 $0.0379 $0.0658 $0.0442 West US 2 westus2 $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0592 $0.0379 $0.0658 $0.0442 West US 3 westus3 $0.096 $0.0178 $0.0566 $0.0365 $0.0662 $0.0451 Central India centralindia $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0623 $0.0399 $0.0696 $0.0461 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0596 $0.0374 $0.0696 $0.0461 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.101 – – – $0.101 $0.101 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.101 – – – $0.101 $0.101 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.102 $0.0189 $0.0629 $0.0403 $0.0769 $0.0529 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0652 $0.0417 $0.0727 $0.0488 Canada Central canadacentral $0.107 $0.0386 $0.066 $0.0423 $0.0728 $0.0488 Canada East canadaeast $0.107 $0.0198 $0.066 $0.0423 $0.0728 $0.0488 North Europe northeurope $0.107 $0.0246 $0.066 $0.0423 $0.0806 $0.0554 Spain Central spaincentral $0.107 $0.0198 $0.066 $0.0423 $0.0813 $0.0589 Central US centralus $0.108 $0.0199 $0.0566 $0.0355 $0.0654 $0.044 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.108 $0.02 $0.0615 $0.04 $0.0745 $0.0508 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.108 $0.02 $0.0615 $0.04 $0.0745 $0.0508 Korea South koreasouth $0.11 $0.0203 $0.0652 $0.0408 $0.0836 $0.0605 UK South uksouth $0.111 $0.0205 $0.0685 $0.0438 $0.0834 $0.0584 France Central francecentral $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0691 $0.0443 $0.0844 $0.058 Israel Central israelcentral $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0691 $0.0443 $0.0844 $0.058 Italy North italynorth $0.112 $0.0208 $0.0691 $0.0443 $0.084 $0.0582 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0659 $0.042 $0.0778 $0.0515 West US westus $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0691 $0.0443 $0.0773 $0.0526 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.115 $0.0213 $0.071 $0.0454 $0.0874 $0.0633 Poland Central polandcentral $0.115 $0.0213 $0.071 $0.0454 $0.0874 $0.0633 South Central US southcentralus $0.115 $0.0213 $0.0711 $0.0455 $0.0794 $0.0541 West Central US westcentralus $0.115 $0.0213 $0.0711 $0.0455 $0.0794 $0.0541 West Europe westeurope $0.115 $0.0213 $0.071 $0.0454 $0.0874 $0.0633 UK West ukwest $0.116 $0.0214 $0.0717 $0.0459 $0.0882 $0.0638 Korea Central koreacentral $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0728 $0.0466 $0.0789 $0.0564 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0694 $0.0447 $0.0889 $0.0611 UAE North uaenorth $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0726 $0.0465 $0.0889 $0.0611 Australia Central australiacentral $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0893 $0.0618 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.12 $0.012 $0.0708 $0.0444 $0.0893 $0.0618 Australia East australiaeast $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0893 $0.0618 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0834 $0.0552 West India westindia $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0725 $0.0455 $0.0935 $0.0677 Japan East japaneast $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0765 $0.049 $0.0927 $0.0652 Japan West japanwest $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0765 $0.049 $0.0942 $0.0682 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0771 $0.0493 $0.095 $0.0688 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0743 $0.0474 $0.0937 $0.0649 Norway East norwayeast $0.127 $0.0235 $0.0781 $0.05 $0.0965 $0.0699 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.127 $0.0235 $0.0783 $0.0502 $0.0957 $0.0658 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.127 $0.0235 $0.0781 $0.05 $0.0965 $0.0699 East Asia eastasia $0.132 $0.0244 $0.0814 $0.0521 $0.0917 $0.0607 Sweden South swedensouth $0.133 $0.0246 $0.0782 $0.049 $0.1011 $0.0732 South India southindia $0.135 $0.0249 $0.0836 $0.0535 $0.1026 $0.0743 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0856 $0.0546 $0.1008 $0.0667 France South francesouth $0.146 $0.027 $0.086 $0.0539 $0.111 $0.0803 Germany North germanynorth $0.15 $0.0277 $0.0922 $0.0591 $0.114 $0.0825 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0944 $0.0604 $0.0969 $0.0721 UAE Central uaecentral $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0944 $0.0604 $0.1163 $0.0842 Norway West norwaywest $0.164 $0.0303 $0.097 $0.0608 $0.1246 $0.0902 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.164 $0.0303 $0.0969 $0.0608 $0.1246 $0.0902 South Africa West southafricawest $0.165 $0.0305 $0.0974 $0.0611 $0.1254 $0.0908 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1174 $0.0736 $0.1512 $0.1095
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.096 $0.0592 $0.0379 Windows $0.188 $0.1512 $0.1299
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 85 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D2_v5 Family Dv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
With or without local disk and networking
Compute and memory optimized
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .