Instances Azure VM Standard_L16ps_v5 Standard_L16ps_v5
Standard_L16ps_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs. In East US it costs $1.744 per hour on demand ($1,273.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.029 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3488 per hour. It is sold in 35 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $1.744 per hour.
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 Central US centralus $1.744 $0.3488 $1.029 $0.6627 $1.186 $0.8197 East US eastus $1.744 $0.3488 $1.029 $0.6627 $1.186 $0.8197 East US 2 eastus2 $1.744 $0.3488 $1.029 $0.6627 $1.186 $0.8197 West US 2 westus2 $1.744 $0.3488 $1.029 $0.6627 $1.186 $0.8197 West US 3 westus3 $1.744 $0.3488 $1.029 $0.6627 $1.186 $0.8197 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.918 $0.3836 $1.132 $0.7289 $1.304 $0.9015 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $2.04 $0.408 $1.204 $0.7753 $1.387 $0.9588 Malaysia West malaysiawest $2.04 $0.408 $1.204 $0.7753 $1.387 $0.9588 Canada Central canadacentral $2.093 $0.4186 $1.235 $0.7952 $1.423 $0.9837 Canada East canadaeast $2.093 $0.4186 $1.235 $0.7952 $1.423 $0.9837 North Central US northcentralus $2.093 $0.4186 $1.235 $0.7952 $1.423 $0.9837 South Central US southcentralus $2.093 $0.4186 $1.235 $0.7952 $1.423 $0.9837 West Central US westcentralus $2.093 $0.4186 $1.235 $0.7952 $1.423 $0.9837 France Central francecentral $2.18 $0.436 $1.286 $0.8283 $1.482 $1.025 UK South uksouth $2.18 $0.436 $1.286 $0.8283 $1.482 $1.025 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $2.267 $0.4534 $1.338 $0.8615 $1.542 $1.065 Italy North italynorth $2.267 $0.4534 $1.338 $0.8615 $1.542 $1.065 Spain Central spaincentral $2.267 $0.4534 $1.338 $0.8615 $1.542 $1.065 Sweden Central swedencentral $2.267 $0.4534 $1.338 $0.8615 $1.542 $1.065 West US westus $2.267 $0.4534 $1.338 $0.8615 $1.542 $1.065 Korea Central koreacentral $2.354 $0.4708 $1.389 $0.8946 $1.601 $1.106 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $2.441 $0.4882 $1.44 $0.9277 $1.66 $1.147 Central India centralindia $2.441 $0.4882 $1.44 $0.9277 $1.66 $1.147 India South Central indiasouthcentral $2.441 $0.4882 $1.44 $0.9277 $1.66 $1.147 Southeast Asia southeastasia $2.441 $0.4882 $1.44 $0.9277 $1.66 $1.147 North Europe northeurope $2.494 $0.4988 $1.471 $0.9476 $1.696 $1.172 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $2.494 $0.4988 $1.471 $0.9476 $1.696 $1.172 UAE North uaenorth $2.494 $0.4988 $1.471 $0.9476 $1.696 $1.172 West Europe westeurope $2.494 $0.4988 $1.471 $0.9476 $1.696 $1.172 Australia East australiaeast $2.529 $0.5058 $1.492 $0.9608 $1.72 $1.189 Japan East japaneast $2.529 $0.5058 $1.492 $0.9608 $1.72 $1.189 South Africa North southafricanorth $2.546 $0.5092 $1.502 $0.9675 $1.731 $1.197 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $2.655 $0.531 $1.566 $1.009 $1.805 $1.248 East Asia eastasia $2.703 $0.5406 $1.595 $1.027 $1.838 $1.27 Brazil South brazilsouth $3.488 $0.6976 $2.058 $1.325 $2.372 $1.639
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.744 $1.029 $0.6627 Windows $2.48 $1.765 $1.399
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Architecture arm64
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_L16ps_v5 Family Lpsv5
Other Value Specs source derived from size name
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .