A global app has identical deployments in eu-west-1 and us-east-1. Users in Europe should reach the European deployment and US users the American one — routed by user geography, not measured latency. Which Route 53 policy?
A.Latency routing policy
Latency routes by measured network latency, not user location — different mechanism.
B.Geolocation routing policy
Correct. Geolocation maps user geography to the intended resource.
C.Simple routing policy
Simple routing offers no location awareness.
D.Failover routing policy
Failover is for primary/secondary health-based switching, not geographic routing.
Why this answer
Geolocation routing routes by the user's location (continent, country, US state) as the scenario requires. Latency routing picks the region with the best measured latency — which usually correlates with geography but isn't the same guarantee.
Correct answer: B · Last reviewed 2026-10-25
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