Hostinger Speed Tests from India: TTFB Data from Sites We Host (Updated Quarterly)
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Quick answer
Measured on 25 August 2026 from Ahmedabad, live websites on Hostinger with LiteSpeed cache active returned a first byte in 60-110 ms on repeat requests, and Next.js sites in 95-210 ms. WordPress sites where the cache was cold or missing took 330 ms to 3.2 s. The server is fast; whether a site is fast depends almost entirely on caching being configured.
Why we publish this
Review sites quote Hostinger's own benchmarks or a single test site. We host 45+ client websites on Hostinger and can measure real sites with real themes and real plugins. We re-run these tests every quarter and keep the history on this page so you can see whether performance holds up.
Client sites are anonymised by type. Our own site, vgraple.com, is named.
Method
- Metric: Time to First Byte (TTFB), the delay before the server sends the first byte of the HTML. It isolates hosting and server-side rendering from front-end weight.
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on a business broadband connection. Hostinger's India data centre is in Mumbai.
- Tool: curl with a no-cache request header, five requests per site, run consecutively.
- Date: 25 August 2026.
- All sites are on Hostinger shared WordPress plans or Cloud plans with the India server location.
Results, 25 August 2026
| Site | Stack | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vgraple.com | Next.js (Node) | 211 ms | 95 ms | 104 ms | 103 ms | 108 ms | 104 ms |
| Car dealer | Next.js | 166 ms | 61 ms | 84 ms | 118 ms | 79 ms | 84 ms |
| Folk arts group | WordPress + Elementor, LiteSpeed hit | 388 ms | 108 ms | 103 ms | 102 ms | 92 ms | 103 ms |
| Beauty salon | WordPress + Elementor, LiteSpeed hit | 228 ms | 80 ms | 63 ms | 60 ms | 67 ms | 67 ms |
| Pharma company | WordPress + Elementor, cache cold | 2,234 ms | 330 ms | 375 ms | 393 ms | 398 ms | 393 ms |
| Life sciences | WordPress + Elementor, LiteSpeed miss | 3,160 ms | 1,420 ms | 1,048 ms | 1,043 ms | 934 ms | 1,048 ms |
What the numbers say
Cached WordPress on Hostinger is fast from India. The salon and folk group sites are ordinary Elementor builds with a dozen plugins each. With LiteSpeed cache serving the page, the server answers in 60-110 ms. Google's guidance for good TTFB is under 800 ms; these are well inside it.
The first request after idle is slower. Run 1 is higher on every site (200-400 ms on the fast ones). That is the cache warming and PHP workers spinning up. Real visitors see the warm numbers because someone was there before them.
Uncached WordPress is the problem, not the host. The life sciences site returned a LiteSpeed cache miss on every request during the test, so PHP rendered the page each time: about one second, with a three-second first hit. Same server class as the 67 ms site. The pharma site had a cold cache and settled around 390 ms once warm. Both are configuration issues we fix in the free setup, not hosting limits.
Next.js on Hostinger performs like a good VPS. Our own site and the dealer site are server-rendered Node applications, not static files, and they hold around 100 ms.
What this means when choosing a plan
Pick the plan for the uncacheable work your site does (checkout, logins, search), because cached pages are fast on every plan. That is the logic behind Business for content sites and Cloud Startup for stores.
History
- 25 Aug 2026: first dataset (this page). Next run: November 2026.
If you buy Hostinger through our link we configure LiteSpeed cache, image compression and lazy loading as part of the free setup, which is the difference between the 67 ms row and the 1,048 ms row.
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Frequently asked questions
How fast is Hostinger from India?
On our live client sites, cached WordPress pages returned a first byte in 60-110 ms from Ahmedabad, and Next.js sites in about 100 ms. The Mumbai data centre and LiteSpeed cache make the difference.
What is a good TTFB for a website?
Google recommends under 800 ms and ideally under 200 ms for the server response. Cached sites on Hostinger measured 60-110 ms in our tests.
Why was one Hostinger site slow in your test?
Its LiteSpeed cache was missing on every request, so PHP rendered each page: about one second. On the same server class, a cached site answered in 67 ms. It is a configuration issue, which is why our free setup configures caching first.
Do you test from outside India?
Not yet. This dataset targets Indian businesses whose visitors are in India. We plan to add Singapore and London runs for clients with international audiences.
How often is this page updated?
Quarterly. The next run is scheduled for November 2026 and results are appended to the history section so trends are visible.
Written by
Chirag Darji, Founder of VGraple
Chirag has built and hosted business websites since 2011 and currently runs 45+ client sites on Hostinger from Ahmedabad, India. Every recommendation on this page is based on sites VGraple manages, with prices checked on 25 August 2026.