Last successful test: 5 November 2026

Surfshark in Turkey: Istanbul speed results

Istanbul is the only Surfshark location we test in Turkey. It averaged 1,241 Mbps download across 64 successful tests in the last 30 days.

Avg download, 30 days 1,240.8Mbps
Avg upload, 30 days 1,029.7Mbps
Avg ping, 30 days 54.1ms
Pass rate, 30 days 75.3%
Last 30 days

Recent results for Istanbul.

Speed and reliability

Average download is up 21% on the previous 30 days, from 1,025 to 1,241 Mbps.

64 of 85 test attempts completed in the last 30 days (75.3%).

Most recent tests here ran against the Güzel Hosting (Istanbul) Ookla server.

By time of day (UTC)

00–06
1,194
06–12
1,261
12–18
1,220
18–24
1,275

Speed barely changes through the day, with 7% between the fastest and slowest periods. Figures are average download in Mbps.

How it compares

Istanbul, Turkey ranks 51 of 58 current Surfshark locations in Europe by average download. The next faster is Glasgow, UK, at 1,241 Mbps.

We have no recent NordVPN results in Turkey, so there's no current comparison here.

All-time averages

Istanbul

#LocationDownload, MbpsUpPing
01 IstanbulTurkey
1,741.2
1,232.1 54.8
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These figures come from our own automated WireGuard tests, run from one datacentre connection. They show what a server can deliver, not what you'll get at home, where your own broadband sets the limit. How we test.

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