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Live · 142 locations · 2 providers

VPN speed tests that never stop running.

We connect to every Surfshark and NordVPN location in rotation, 24/7, and publish every result. No screenshots. No cherry-picks.

Surfshark vs NordVPN → How we test
Straight to the deal: Surfshark £1.79/mo → NordVPN £2.69/mo →
Fastest VPN where you connect
USUKGermanySpainItalyAustraliaCanadaFrance

Measured from a multi-gigabit datacentre line — these are each VPN's ceiling, not a home-broadband promise.

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AgeVPNLocationDownUpPing
1m Surfshark Oslo, Norway 1,4171,59631
2m NordVPN Oslo, Norway 1,3591,48836
3m Surfshark Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,4561,83116
4m NordVPN Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,3691,66413
5m Surfshark Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 266241243
7m NordVPN Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 920338260
8m Surfshark Queretaro, Mexico 1,298609153
Mbps · ms · WireGuard · Ookla CLIlast result 1m
Avg download, 30 days 1,139.7Mbps
Avg upload, 30 days 931.3Mbps
Avg ping, 30 days 112.2ms
Peak, 30 days 1,765.2Mbps

Rankings and averages on this page use the last 30 days of results. Left out: 1 NordVPN location with fewer than 5 successful tests in the last 30 days.

01 — Head-to-head

Surfshark is faster in 92 of 127 shared locations.

Same hardware, same WireGuard protocol, same cadence. The only variable is the VPN — so the winner in your city is the one that matters.

92Surfshark NordVPN35
← SurfsharkDownload, MbpsNordVPN →
1,454.8
London
1,517.2
1,412.3
Frankfurt
1,237.9
1,367.5
Paris
1,328.2
1,332.4
Amsterdam
1,262.5
1,159.8
New York
1,076.9
1,303.9
Toronto
1,159.8
879.3
Tokyo
1,035.4
678.7
Sydney
861.1
8 of 142 locations shown. Brighter bar marks the faster VPN. See every location →
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02 — Leaderboard

Fastest servers right now

#LocationDownload, MbpsUpPing
01
Douglas, Isle of ManNordVPN
1,537.4
1,582.9 14.5 Review →
02
London, UKNordVPN
1,517.2
1,625.9 6.9 Review →
03
Douglas, Isle of ManSurfshark
1,461.8
1,271.7 82.6 Review →
04
Copenhagen, DenmarkSurfshark
1,457.9
1,015.5 28.5 Review →
05
London, UKSurfshark
1,454.8
1,485.9 14.5 Review →
06
Tashkent, UzbekistanSurfshark
1,454.1
1,229.4 105.9 Review →

4 of the 6 fastest locations are Surfshark right now; 2 are NordVPN.

03 — Method

One loop, repeated around the clock.

Most reviews test once and publish a screenshot. Our system runs this sequence on every server, then starts again.

01ConnectOpen a WireGuard tunnel to the server. 15-second timeout.
02VerifyConfirm traffic routes through the VPN — IP and DNS checks.
03MeasureOokla CLI records download, upload, ping and jitter.
04RecordRaw result and pass/fail logged with a UTC timestamp.
05RotateTear down cleanly, move to the next server. Repeat forever.
Continuous, not one-offEvery location is retested on each rotation. A full round takes several hours, then starts again.
Averages, not cherry-picksWe publish means across the last 30 days of successful tests. Peaks are labelled separately.
Identical for every providerSame box, same protocol family, same timeouts. No server gets special treatment.
Failures counted, not hiddenEvery failed attempt is logged and shown in each server's reliability rate.
Full methodology → Why speed tests disagree →

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