Not a one-off review. We test Surfshark's WireGuard performance around the clock, and 142 server locations have results from the last 30 days. Here's what the data shows.
Watch the live speed test →From 15,465 test attempts in the last 30 days. Measured server-side from a datacentre line — the VPN's ceiling, not a home-broadband guarantee. How we test →
0 of 142 locations clear 1,500 Mbps. The long tail is distance, not the VPN: Asia-Pacific servers sit furthest from our test box.
4K needs roughly 25 Mbps (the line). Surfshark averages 1,151 Mbps — about 46× that.
Ping depends on distance. Nearby servers hit 6.4 ms (solid); the global average is 115.6 ms (outline), dragged up by distant locations. Pick a close server.
Seeding and video calls lean on upload. Surfshark keeps 81% of its download speed on the way up — 928 Mbps on average.
Surfshark completed nearly every automated test in the last 7 days. This rate reflects strict conditions — rapid connect/disconnect cycles and hard timeouts.
| # | Location | Download, Mbps | Up | Ping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | DouglasIsle of Man | 1,461.8 |
1,271.7 | 82.6 |
| 02 | CopenhagenDenmark | 1,457.9 |
1,015.5 | 28.5 |
| 03 | LondonUnited Kingdom | 1,454.8 |
1,485.9 | 14.5 |
| 04 | TashkentUzbekistan | 1,454.1 |
1,229.4 | 105.9 |
| 05 | RiyadhSaudi Arabia | 1,443.8 |
1,337.6 | 87.6 |
| 06 | MonacoMonaco | 1,440.0 |
1,441.9 | 111.6 |
| 07 | MilanItaly | 1,433.8 |
1,592.4 | 33.4 |
| 08 | Andorra la VellaAndorra | 1,426.3 |
1,558.5 | 30.6 |
| 09 | BelgradeSerbia | 1,425.1 |
1,482.0 | 41.1 |
| 10 | ViennaAustria | 1,416.6 |
1,570.3 | 29.9 |
| 11 | RomeItaly | 1,416.0 |
1,569.3 | 47.7 |
| 12 | OsloNorway | 1,413.5 |
1,602.6 | 36.0 |
| 13 | FrankfurtGermany | 1,412.3 |
1,566.6 | 21.4 |
| 14 | StockholmSweden | 1,411.9 |
1,546.3 | 39.2 |
| 15 | ZurichSwitzerland | 1,409.9 |
1,533.3 | 26.7 |
| 16 | ZagrebCroatia | 1,407.3 |
1,562.6 | 40.0 |
| 17 | RigaLatvia | 1,403.4 |
871.8 | 41.4 |
| 18 | MadridSpain | 1,403.2 |
1,589.4 | 29.5 |
| 19 | BerlinGermany | 1,402.8 |
1,614.5 | 30.7 |
| 20 | BrusselsBelgium | 1,401.8 |
953.3 | 20.6 |
| 21 | PodgoricaMontenegro | 1,400.3 |
1,389.6 | 50.4 |
| 22 | PortoPortugal | 1,399.2 |
1,042.4 | 39.2 |
| 23 | VilniusLithuania | 1,397.6 |
1,560.6 | 41.5 |
| 24 | BudapestHungary | 1,395.1 |
1,472.6 | 37.0 |
| 25 | HelsinkiFinland | 1,392.5 |
1,579.8 | 47.7 |
| 26 | TallinnEstonia | 1,384.7 |
1,147.5 | 53.0 |
| 27 | BordeauxFrance | 1,384.5 |
1,276.0 | 35.3 |
| 28 | AntwerpBelgium | 1,384.3 |
1,574.4 | 17.9 |
| 29 | ReykjavikIceland | 1,384.0 |
1,399.0 | 98.6 |
| 30 | KyivUkraine | 1,383.1 |
1,523.4 | 46.5 |
| 31 | WarsawPoland | 1,382.1 |
1,535.5 | 33.7 |
| 32 | AlgiersAlgeria | 1,380.7 |
1,319.3 | 45.6 |
| 33 | RabatMorocco | 1,377.8 |
1,474.1 | 54.9 |
| 34 | BratislavaSlovakia | 1,374.5 |
1,275.3 | 38.6 |
| 35 | VaduzLiechtenstein | 1,373.8 |
1,410.9 | 125.3 |
| 36 | TiranaAlbania | 1,370.5 |
1,492.6 | 50.4 |
| 37 | ParisFrance | 1,367.5 |
1,383.8 | 19.7 |
| 38 | LisbonPortugal | 1,367.3 |
1,255.1 | 41.1 |
| 39 | VallettaMalta | 1,365.7 |
1,257.8 | 81.1 |
| 40 | DublinIreland | 1,365.2 |
1,518.5 | 17.6 |
| 41 | ChisinauMoldova | 1,364.4 |
1,391.8 | 57.7 |
| 42 | NashvilleUnited States | 1,364.4 |
836.7 | 118.2 |
| 43 | MarseilleFrance | 1,362.8 |
1,159.9 | 72.9 |
| 44 | DetroitUnited States | 1,360.8 |
904.0 | 102.3 |
| 45 | EdinburghUnited Kingdom | 1,359.8 |
1,242.2 | 30.8 |
| 46 | BelmopanBelize | 1,355.5 |
801.7 | 126.1 |
| 47 | OmahaUnited States | 1,353.8 |
831.2 | 106.0 |
| 48 | SofiaBulgaria | 1,349.4 |
1,478.3 | 51.4 |
| 49 | LjubljanaSlovenia | 1,347.1 |
1,363.4 | 43.7 |
| 50 | ManchesterUnited Kingdom | 1,346.4 |
1,120.5 | 23.2 |
| 51 | NuukGreenland | 1,346.1 |
1,441.6 | 71.0 |
| 52 | ValenciaSpain | 1,341.7 |
1,066.1 | 42.0 |
| 53 | PragueCzech Republic | 1,340.5 |
1,412.7 | 36.1 |
| 54 | BakuAzerbaijan | 1,336.9 |
634.7 | 183.6 |
| 55 | CharlotteUnited States | 1,335.0 |
535.6 | 175.7 |
| 56 | AmsterdamNetherlands | 1,332.4 |
1,121.6 | 15.7 |
| 57 | AtlantaUnited States | 1,327.5 |
897.9 | 95.8 |
| 58 | LagosNigeria | 1,313.2 |
783.2 | 109.3 |
| 59 | TorontoCanada | 1,303.9 |
976.5 | 90.1 |
| 60 | BucharestRomania | 1,300.5 |
1,333.2 | 58.8 |
| 61 | DallasUnited States | 1,288.2 |
710.8 | 122.2 |
| 62 | BuffaloUnited States | 1,279.8 |
905.8 | 89.0 |
| 63 | CairoEgypt | 1,268.5 |
1,326.5 | 58.1 |
| 64 | PhoenixUnited States | 1,268.5 |
584.4 | 141.2 |
| 65 | BendUnited States | 1,260.5 |
638.7 | 139.4 |
| 66 | ChicagoUnited States | 1,259.9 |
889.7 | 98.2 |
| 67 | Salt Lake CityUnited States | 1,258.8 |
694.5 | 128.2 |
| 68 | NicosiaCyprus | 1,258.5 |
1,331.6 | 78.9 |
| 69 | DenverUnited States | 1,246.1 |
673.6 | 122.5 |
| 70 | SteinfortLuxembourg | 1,243.9 |
1,353.0 | 61.9 |
| 71 | GlasgowUnited Kingdom | 1,241.2 |
1,027.0 | 34.1 |
| 72 | IstanbulTurkey | 1,240.8 |
1,029.7 | 54.1 |
| 73 | QueretaroMexico | 1,234.6 |
651.6 | 144.0 |
| 74 | San JoseUnited States | 1,225.7 |
600.3 | 143.7 |
| 75 | NassauBahamas | 1,223.2 |
807.2 | 108.9 |
| 76 | Las VegasUnited States | 1,223.0 |
625.3 | 151.4 |
| 77 | QuitoEcuador | 1,222.5 |
609.4 | 159.6 |
| 78 | SeattleUnited States | 1,218.1 |
655.3 | 133.6 |
| 79 | San FranciscoUnited States | 1,211.9 |
616.4 | 144.8 |
| 80 | HoustonUnited States | 1,203.5 |
795.0 | 116.0 |
| 81 | BostonUnited States | 1,202.3 |
1,036.9 | 87.3 |
| 82 | San JoseCosta Rica | 1,200.4 |
582.8 | 247.6 |
| 83 | Panama CityPanama | 1,195.3 |
591.9 | 174.4 |
| 84 | Los AngelesUnited States | 1,193.1 |
560.2 | 148.1 |
| 85 | San JuanPuerto Rico | 1,191.2 |
593.3 | 208.1 |
| 86 | AthensGreece | 1,186.5 |
1,219.9 | 60.6 |
| 87 | MiamiUnited States | 1,186.5 |
805.2 | 108.0 |
| 88 | New YorkUnited States | 1,159.8 |
1,079.2 | 77.8 |
| 89 | SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina | 1,158.5 |
1,136.6 | 45.2 |
| 90 | AshburnUnited States | 1,155.2 |
971.5 | 84.0 |
| 91 | MumbaiIndia | 1,154.5 |
734.1 | 119.7 |
| 92 | YerevanArmenia | 1,147.5 |
963.8 | 79.6 |
| 93 | Kansas CityUnited States | 1,133.7 |
680.0 | 106.0 |
| 94 | CaracasVenezuela | 1,093.9 |
580.5 | 192.8 |
| 95 | BarcelonaSpain | 1,089.6 |
1,159.9 | 35.5 |
| 96 | VancouverCanada | 1,083.6 |
664.7 | 135.8 |
| 97 | LimaPeru | 1,081.9 |
556.5 | 161.8 |
| 98 | BogotaColombia | 1,072.7 |
582.7 | 157.0 |
| 99 | MontrealCanada | 1,070.8 |
854.4 | 85.6 |
| 100 | GdanskPoland | 1,064.0 |
692.1 | 37.5 |
| 101 | LathamUnited States | 1,062.4 |
1,113.8 | 80.3 |
| 102 | New DelhiIndia | 1,035.1 |
584.2 | 161.8 |
| 103 | Tel AvivIsrael | 1,026.8 |
870.9 | 65.1 |
| 104 | SingaporeSingapore | 998.5 |
514.0 | 176.7 |
| 105 | Sao PauloBrazil | 983.4 |
460.9 | 191.3 |
| 106 | ColomboSri Lanka | 968.7 |
538.4 | 196.6 |
| 107 | TbilisiGeorgia | 959.6 |
847.5 | 73.2 |
| 108 | SkopjeNorth Macedonia | 954.3 |
893.3 | 53.8 |
| 109 | UlaanbaatarMongolia | 946.4 |
475.0 | 239.1 |
| 110 | MontevideoUruguay | 943.8 |
486.2 | 208.8 |
| 111 | AccraGhana | 928.2 |
738.3 | 125.4 |
| 112 | DhakaBangladesh | 919.9 |
407.9 | 255.0 |
| 113 | NaypyidawMyanmar | 916.5 |
480.3 | 226.8 |
| 114 | KathmanduNepal | 912.2 |
423.4 | 294.9 |
| 115 | JohannesburgSouth Africa | 896.3 |
410.0 | 185.0 |
| 116 | AsuncionParaguay | 895.3 |
476.8 | 204.8 |
| 117 | Hong KongHong Kong | 894.3 |
438.3 | 201.0 |
| 118 | ManilaPhilippines | 891.8 |
318.8 | 275.5 |
| 119 | Phnom PenhCambodia | 886.6 |
313.4 | 276.0 |
| 120 | TokyoJapan | 879.6 |
370.2 | 242.7 |
| 121 | Buenos AiresArgentina | 863.6 |
444.9 | 216.9 |
| 122 | Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei | 856.2 |
293.9 | 276.0 |
| 123 | SucreBolivia | 849.1 |
476.1 | 214.9 |
| 124 | SantiagoChile | 846.3 |
483.0 | 186.8 |
| 125 | KarachiPakistan | 818.1 |
390.4 | 334.8 |
| 126 | VientianeLaos | 790.4 |
282.4 | 281.9 |
| 127 | Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam | 777.4 |
306.6 | 253.3 |
| 128 | ThimphuBhutan | 730.8 |
266.1 | 355.7 |
| 129 | AucklandNew Zealand | 704.1 |
331.5 | 274.0 |
| 130 | PerthAustralia | 697.4 |
289.3 | 311.2 |
| 131 | MelbourneAustralia | 681.5 |
311.9 | 289.4 |
| 132 | SydneyAustralia | 678.7 |
324.0 | 274.0 |
| 133 | AdelaideAustralia | 676.7 |
279.8 | 318.2 |
| 134 | MacauMacau | 666.3 |
247.1 | 237.7 |
| 135 | BrisbaneAustralia | 622.9 |
297.8 | 287.1 |
| 136 | OralKazakhstan | 520.2 |
569.4 | 98.2 |
| 137 | DubaiUAE | 435.1 |
363.4 | 154.8 |
| 138 | SeoulSouth Korea | 384.7 |
316.2 | 252.3 |
| 139 | TaipeiTaiwan | 286.7 |
217.9 | 257.4 |
| 140 | JakartaIndonesia | 276.6 |
258.9 | 213.9 |
| 141 | BangkokThailand | 256.5 |
244.3 | 189.2 |
| 142 | Kuala LumpurMalaysia | 256.2 |
182.2 | 196.7 |
Yes. 4K streaming needs roughly 25 Mbps. Across 15,465 automated tests in the last 30 days, Surfshark averages 1,151.4 Mbps download over WireGuard — comfortably enough for Netflix, Disney+ and BBC iPlayer in 4K. These are datacentre-measured ceiling speeds, not a guarantee of home-broadband throughput.
Gaming depends on ping, and ping depends on distance. On nearby servers Surfshark measured as low as 6.4 ms. The 115.6 ms global average is inflated by distant locations — choose a server close to you.
WireGuard exclusively (NordLynx on NordVPN). It has far lower overhead than OpenVPN, and testing one protocol keeps the comparison apples-to-apples.
Yes — 30 days on all plans. If the speeds don't work for you, you can get a full refund within that window.
Most reviews run one manual test and publish a screenshot. Ours run automatically, 24/7, and we publish averages, peaks and pass rates from the last 30 days — not a single cherry-picked result.