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Game server ping in the Gulf, measured.

On 15 October 2026 we pinged our servers in Dubai, Doha, Riyadh and Muscat, and Valve's Dubai relay, from the same test points in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Oman and Kuwait. Here is which city is nearest you, and the whole table.

Find your nearest city See the table

Where

Your nearest server city.

For each test point, the server of ours that answered fastest. Choose yours and order there.

From Doha, QatarDubai19 msServers in Dubai
From Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRiyadh2 msServers in Riyadh
From Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaRiyadh16 msServers in Riyadh
From Manama, BahrainDubai16-24 msServers in Dubai
From Dubai, UAEDubai1 msServers in Dubai
From Fujairah, UAEDubai4 msServers in Dubai
From Muscat, OmanMuscat0-7 msServers in Muscat
From Kuwait City, KuwaitEvery Gulf server measured 100 ms or more from this test point. See the note on Kuwait below.

Measured

The whole table.

Average round-trip time in milliseconds, 16 packets per pair, the same test points for every column. Lower is better; the lowest figure in each row is in colour.

Round-trip time in milliseconds from Gulf test points to our servers and to Valve's relays
Measured from	Our Dubai server	Our Doha server	Our Riyadh server	Our Muscat server	Valve's Dubai relay	Valve's Frankfurt relay
DohaQatar	19 ms	33 ms	86 ms	19 ms	16 ms	96 ms
RiyadhSaudi Arabia	43 ms	57 ms	2 ms	124 ms	19 ms	71 ms
JeddahSaudi Arabia	36 ms	55 ms	16 ms	102 ms	31 ms	63 ms
ManamaBahrain · 2 test points	16-24 ms	25-35 ms	49-173 ms	18-25 ms	14-19 ms	113-127 ms
DubaiUAE	1 ms	91 ms	125 ms	107 ms	1 ms	130 ms
FujairahUAE	4 ms	19 ms	121 ms*	22 ms*	8 ms	122 ms*
MuscatOman · 2 test points	9-14 ms	96-97 ms	175-195 ms	0-7 ms	9-14 ms	115-122 ms
Kuwait CityKuwait	102 ms	108 ms	114 ms	160 ms	163 ms	79 ms

Measured 15 October 2026 with Globalping, from test points in data centres and on home networks. Your own connection may add a few milliseconds. Two cities had two test points, shown as a range. * marks a pair that lost packets.
Valve's Dubai relay and Valve's Frankfurt relay are Valve's own points of presence, from Valve's public relay list; the other columns are our servers.

Games

What it means for your game.

Counter-Strike 2

Valve runs a relay in Dubai, and our Dubai server measured within a few milliseconds of it from Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Oman. A CS2 server of your own there plays at about the ping your players already have to Valve.

CS2 server in Dubai

Valorant and Fortnite

Valorant (2020) and Fortnite (2019) launched their Middle East servers in Bahrain. On the day we measured, Amazon's Bahrain region did not answer from any test point, so we say nothing about where they are today. Valorant source · Fortnite source

Your own game server

For BeamMP, FiveM, Minecraft or anything you host yourself, pick the nearest city above for the players you have. The game pages have the order form and setup for each.

Game hosting

Kuwait

Only one network in Kuwait City could be measured, and its route to the Gulf goes through Europe: Frankfurt answered faster than any Gulf city. Other networks in Kuwait may do better; we print no promise from one.

Measured with Globalping; Valve's relays from Valve's relay list. Game names belong to their owners; PartVPS is not affiliated with Valve, Riot Games or Epic Games.

Questions

What Gulf players ask.

Which server city is best for players in Qatar?

Dubai. From the Doha test point our Dubai server measured 19 ms and our Doha server 33 ms, so the route to Dubai is the shorter one today.

Which server city is best for Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh: 2 ms from Riyadh and 16 ms from Jeddah to our Riyadh server.

Is your Dubai server near Valve's servers for CS2?

Yes. Valve's relay list has a Dubai point of presence, and from the same test points our Dubai server and Valve's Dubai relay measured within a few milliseconds of each other everywhere except Riyadh.

What about Valorant and Fortnite?

Both launched their Middle East servers in Bahrain. On the day we measured, Amazon's Bahrain region did not answer from any of our test points, so we make no claim about where those games' servers are today.

Why is Kuwait so high?

We could measure from only one network in Kuwait City. It reached every Gulf server at 102 ms or more, and Valve's Frankfurt relay faster, at 79 ms, which points to that network's route through Europe rather than distance. Other networks in Kuwait may route differently.

Is this a ping booster?

No. These are servers you rent and run yourself, close to the players. Routing your own game traffic through one does not beat a direct connection that is already short, and the table shows the direct routes are short from most of the Gulf.

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