Standard_L2s_v4 Windows prices

Standard_L2s_v4 with Windows costs $0.266 per hour on demand in East US ($194.18 a month), $0.092 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is East US, at $0.266 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

RegionWindowsLinuxWindows license
East US$0.266$0.174$0.092
East US 2$0.267$0.175$0.092
West US 2$0.267$0.175$0.092
West US 3$0.267$0.175$0.092
Sweden Central$0.274$0.182$0.092
Spain Central$0.281$0.189$0.092
Mexico Central$0.283$0.191$0.092
Canada Central$0.284$0.192$0.092
North Europe$0.284$0.192$0.092
West US$0.284$0.192$0.092
Central US$0.289$0.197$0.092
India South Central$0.289$0.197$0.092
Central India$0.29$0.198$0.092
France Central$0.294$0.202$0.092
UK South$0.294$0.202$0.092
Indonesia Central$0.296$0.204$0.092
Malaysia West$0.296$0.204$0.092
Japan East$0.297$0.205$0.092
Korea Central$0.297$0.205$0.092
Australia Central$0.3$0.208$0.092
Germany West Central$0.3$0.208$0.092
Italy North$0.3$0.208$0.092
Poland Central$0.3$0.208$0.092
West Europe$0.3$0.208$0.092
Australia East$0.301$0.209$0.092
North Central US$0.301$0.209$0.092
South Central US$0.301$0.209$0.092
Southeast Asia$0.301$0.209$0.092
Taiwan North$0.301$0.209$0.092
West Central US$0.302$0.21$0.092
Qatar Central$0.303$0.211$0.092
UAE North$0.303$0.211$0.092
UK West$0.303$0.211$0.092
New Zealand North$0.311$0.219$0.092
Australia Southeast$0.319$0.227$0.092
Norway East$0.321$0.229$0.092
South Africa North$0.321$0.229$0.092
South India$0.338$0.246$0.092
Switzerland North$0.342$0.25$0.092
East Asia$0.362$0.27$0.092
Brazil South$0.37$0.278$0.092

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Windows$0.266$0.1982$0.1616

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM options.