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a1.medium pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

1 vCPU · 2 GiB · Up to 10 Gigabit · AWS Graviton Processor Graviton previous generation

$0.0255/hour on-demand · $19/month (Linux, Shared)

Pricing by os (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSE
On-Demand$0.0255$0.0399$0.0565
Spot$0.0255
1y Std RI NU$0.0161$0.0305$0.0291
1y Std RI PU$0.0153$0.0297$0.0276
1y Std RI AU$0.0150$0.0293$0.0275
3y Std RI NU$0.0110$0.0254$0.0220
3y Std RI PU$0.0102$0.0246$0.0218
3y Std RI AU$0.0096$0.0240$0.0209
1y Conv RI NU$0.0198$0.0342$0.0328
3y Conv RI NU$0.0135$0.0279$0.0245
1y Compute SP NU$0.0198$0.0342$0.0448
3y Compute SP NU$0.0135$0.0279$0.0360
1y EC2 SP NU$0.0161$0.0305$0.0411
3y EC2 SP NU$0.0110$0.0254$0.0335

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): ap-south-1b $0.0255 · ap-south-1c $0.0255

Newer generations of the same size

Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.

Already Graviton

No newer generation of this size is priced in Asia Pacific (Mumbai).

Cheapest regions for a1.medium

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs ap-south-1Saves / mo
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.0255current
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.02550.0%$0
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.02550.0%$0
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.02550.0%$0
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.0288+13%$-2
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.0291+14%$-3

Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.

Price history (ap-south-1)

Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.

DateOD LinuxOD Windows1y RI3y RISpot p50
2026-09-22$0.0255$0.0161$0.0110$0.0255

All attributes

vCPU
1
Cores / threads per core
1 / 1
Memory
2 GiB
Memory per vCPU
2.00 GiB
Processor
AWS Graviton Processor
Architecture
arm64
Sustained clock
2.3 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Previous
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
Up to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
0.5 / 10.0 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
2 × 4
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
300 / 3500 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
2,500 / 20000
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
EBS only
GPU
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
No / No
Dedicated hosts
Supported
Boot modes
uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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