Standard_L16ps_v5 Windows prices

Standard_L16ps_v5 with Windows costs $2.48 per hour on demand in East US ($1,810.40 a month), $0.736 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is Central US, at $2.48 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
Central US	$2.48	$1.744	$0.736
East US	$2.48	$1.744	$0.736
East US 2	$2.48	$1.744	$0.736
West US 2	$2.48	$1.744	$0.736
West US 3	$2.48	$1.744	$0.736
Mexico Central	$2.654	$1.918	$0.736
Indonesia Central	$2.776	$2.04	$0.736
Malaysia West	$2.776	$2.04	$0.736
Canada Central	$2.829	$2.093	$0.736
Canada East	$2.829	$2.093	$0.736
North Central US	$2.829	$2.093	$0.736
South Central US	$2.829	$2.093	$0.736
West Central US	$2.829	$2.093	$0.736
France Central	$2.916	$2.18	$0.736
UK South	$2.916	$2.18	$0.736
Germany West Central	$3.003	$2.267	$0.736
Italy North	$3.003	$2.267	$0.736
Spain Central	$3.003	$2.267	$0.736
Sweden Central	$3.003	$2.267	$0.736
West US	$3.003	$2.267	$0.736
Korea Central	$3.09	$2.354	$0.736
Australia Southeast	$3.177	$2.441	$0.736
Central India	$3.177	$2.441	$0.736
India South Central	$3.177	$2.441	$0.736
Southeast Asia	$3.177	$2.441	$0.736
North Europe	$3.23	$2.494	$0.736
Switzerland North	$3.23	$2.494	$0.736
UAE North	$3.23	$2.494	$0.736
West Europe	$3.23	$2.494	$0.736
Australia East	$3.265	$2.529	$0.736
Japan East	$3.265	$2.529	$0.736
South Africa North	$3.282	$2.546	$0.736
New Zealand North	$3.391	$2.655	$0.736
East Asia	$3.439	$2.703	$0.736
Brazil South	$4.224	$3.488	$0.736

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$2.48	$1.765	$1.399

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