diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/allocator/storepool/store_pool.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/allocator/storepool/store_pool.go
index 6098dd8eeda3..c342520c3888 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/allocator/storepool/store_pool.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/allocator/storepool/store_pool.go
@@ -1385,16 +1385,46 @@ func (sp *StorePool) GetLocalitiesPerReplica(
 	return localities
 }
 
+// GetNodeLocalityWithString returns the locality information and its string
+// format for the given node.
+func (sp *StorePool) GetNodeLocalityWithString(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) localityWithString {
+	nodeLocality := localityWithString{
+		str:      "",
+		locality: roachpb.Locality{},
+	}
+	sp.localitiesMu.RLock()
+	defer sp.localitiesMu.RUnlock()
+	if locality, ok := sp.localitiesMu.nodeLocalities[nodeID]; ok {
+		nodeLocality = locality
+	}
+	// Return an empty localityWithString struct if nothing is found.
+	return nodeLocality
+}
+
 // GetNodeLocalityString returns the locality information for the given node
 // in its string format.
 func (sp *StorePool) GetNodeLocalityString(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) string {
-	sp.localitiesMu.RLock()
-	defer sp.localitiesMu.RUnlock()
-	locality, ok := sp.localitiesMu.nodeLocalities[nodeID]
-	if !ok {
-		return ""
+	return sp.GetNodeLocalityWithString(nodeID).str
+}
+
+// GetNodeLocality returns the locality information for the given node.
+func (sp *StorePool) GetNodeLocality(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) roachpb.Locality {
+	return sp.GetNodeLocalityWithString(nodeID).locality
+}
+
+// IsCrossRegion takes in two replicas and compares the locality of them based
+// on their replica node IDs. It returns (bool, error) indicating whether the
+// two replicas’ nodes are in different regions and if any errors occurred
+// during the lookup process.
+func (sp *StorePool) IsCrossRegion(
+	firstReplica roachpb.ReplicaDescriptor, secReplica roachpb.ReplicaDescriptor,
+) (bool, error) {
+	isCrossRegion, err := sp.GetNodeLocality(firstReplica.NodeID).IsCrossRegion(
+		sp.GetNodeLocality(secReplica.NodeID))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
 	}
-	return locality.str
+	return isCrossRegion, nil
 }
 
 // IsStoreReadyForRoutineReplicaTransfer returns true iff the store's node is
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go
index 50c60fb5b43e..cf487d261ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go
@@ -946,6 +946,18 @@ var (
 		Measurement: "Snapshots",
 		Unit:        metric.Unit_COUNT,
 	}
+	metaRangeSnapShotCrossRegionSentBytes = metric.Metadata{
+		Name:        "range.snapshots.cross-region.sent-bytes",
+		Help:        "Number of snapshot bytes sent that were cross region",
+		Measurement: "Bytes",
+		Unit:        metric.Unit_BYTES,
+	}
+	metaRangeSnapShotCrossRegionRcvdBytes = metric.Metadata{
+		Name:        "range.snapshots.cross-region.rcvd-bytes",
+		Help:        "Number of snapshot bytes received that were cross region",
+		Measurement: "Bytes",
+		Unit:        metric.Unit_BYTES,
+	}
 	metaRangeSnapshotSendQueueLength = metric.Metadata{
 		Name:        "range.snapshots.send-queue",
 		Help:        "Number of snapshots queued to send",
@@ -2173,6 +2185,8 @@ type StoreMetrics struct {
 	RangeSnapshotRebalancingSentBytes            *metric.Counter
 	RangeSnapshotRecvFailed                      *metric.Counter
 	RangeSnapshotRecvUnusable                    *metric.Counter
+	RangeSnapShotCrossRegionSentBytes            *metric.Counter
+	RangeSnapShotCrossRegionRcvdBytes            *metric.Counter
 
 	// Range snapshot queue metrics.
 	RangeSnapshotSendQueueLength     *metric.Gauge
@@ -2789,6 +2803,8 @@ func newStoreMetrics(histogramWindow time.Duration) *StoreMetrics {
 		RangeSnapshotRebalancingSentBytes:            metric.NewCounter(metaRangeSnapshotRebalancingSentBytes),
 		RangeSnapshotRecvFailed:                      metric.NewCounter(metaRangeSnapshotRecvFailed),
 		RangeSnapshotRecvUnusable:                    metric.NewCounter(metaRangeSnapshotRecvUnusable),
+		RangeSnapShotCrossRegionSentBytes:            metric.NewCounter(metaRangeSnapShotCrossRegionSentBytes),
+		RangeSnapShotCrossRegionRcvdBytes:            metric.NewCounter(metaRangeSnapShotCrossRegionRcvdBytes),
 		RangeSnapshotSendQueueLength:                 metric.NewGauge(metaRangeSnapshotSendQueueLength),
 		RangeSnapshotRecvQueueLength:                 metric.NewGauge(metaRangeSnapshotRecvQueueLength),
 		RangeSnapshotSendInProgress:                  metric.NewGauge(metaRangeSnapshotSendInProgress),
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_command.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_command.go
index 293f6693d082..f7cf971ab258 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_command.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_command.go
@@ -3151,7 +3151,11 @@ func (r *Replica) followerSendSnapshot(
 			r.store.metrics.DelegateSnapshotSendBytes.Inc(inc)
 		}
 		r.store.metrics.RangeSnapshotSentBytes.Inc(inc)
-
+		if isCrossRegion, err := r.store.cfg.StorePool.IsCrossRegion(
+			req.CoordinatorReplica, req.RecipientReplica); isCrossRegion && err == nil {
+			// Increment if the snapshot was sent cross-region.
+			r.store.metrics.RangeSnapShotCrossRegionSentBytes.Inc(inc)
+		}
 		switch header.Priority {
 		case kvserverpb.SnapshotRequest_RECOVERY:
 			r.store.metrics.RangeSnapshotRecoverySentBytes.Inc(inc)
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_learner_test.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_learner_test.go
index 44943b3584a6..691286f9b2ce 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_learner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_learner_test.go
@@ -1051,10 +1051,11 @@ func testRaftSnapshotsToNonVoters(t *testing.T, drainReceivingNode bool) {
 	senderMapDelta := getSnapshotMetricsDiff(senderMetricsMapBefore, senderMetricsMapAfter)
 
 	senderMapExpected := map[string]snapshotBytesMetrics{
-		".rebalancing": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		".recovery":    {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		".unknown":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		"":             {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".rebalancing":  {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".recovery":     {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".unknown":      {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		"":              {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".cross-region": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, senderMapExpected, senderMapDelta)
 
@@ -1067,10 +1068,11 @@ func testRaftSnapshotsToNonVoters(t *testing.T, drainReceivingNode bool) {
 	receiverMapDelta := getSnapshotMetricsDiff(receiverMetricsMapBefore, receiverMetricsMapAfter)
 
 	receiverMapExpected := map[string]snapshotBytesMetrics{
-		".rebalancing": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		".recovery":    {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
-		".unknown":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		"":             {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
+		".rebalancing":  {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".recovery":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
+		".unknown":      {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		"":              {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
+		".cross-region": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, receiverMapExpected, receiverMapDelta)
 }
@@ -2208,7 +2210,7 @@ func getSnapshotBytesMetrics(
 			rcvdBytes: getFirstStoreMetric(t, tc.Server(serverIdx), rcvdMetricStr),
 		}
 	}
-	types := [4]string{".unknown", ".recovery", ".rebalancing", ""}
+	types := [5]string{".unknown", ".recovery", ".rebalancing", ".cross-region", ""}
 	for _, v := range types {
 		metrics[v] = findSnapshotBytesMetrics(v)
 	}
@@ -2294,11 +2296,12 @@ func getExpectedSnapshotSizeBytes(
 	return int64(b.Len()), err
 }
 
-// Tests the accuracy of the 'range.snapshots.rebalancing.rcvd-bytes' and
-// 'range.snapshots.rebalancing.sent-bytes' metrics. This test adds a new
-// replica to a cluster, and during the process, a learner snapshot is sent to
-// the new replica.
-func TestRebalancingSnapshotMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+// Tests the accuracy of the
+// 'range.snapshots.[rebalancing|cross-region].rcvd-bytes' and
+// 'range.snapshots.[rebalancing|cross-region].sent-bytes' metrics. This test
+// adds a new replica to a cluster, and during the process, a learner snapshot
+// is sent to the new replica.
+func TestRebalancingAndCrossRegionSnapshotMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
 
@@ -2318,21 +2321,45 @@ func TestRebalancingSnapshotMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// The initial setup ensures the correct configuration for three nodes (with
+	// different localities), single-range.
+	const numNodes = 3
+	serverArgs := make(map[int]base.TestServerArgs)
+	for i := 0; i < numNodes; i++ {
+		serverArgs[i] = base.TestServerArgs{
+			Locality: roachpb.Locality{
+				Tiers: []roachpb.Tier{
+					{
+						Key: "region", Value: fmt.Sprintf("us-east-%v", i),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Knobs: knobs,
+		}
+	}
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 2, base.TestClusterArgs{
-		ServerArgs:      base.TestServerArgs{Knobs: knobs},
-		ReplicationMode: base.ReplicationManual,
-	})
+	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(
+		t, numNodes, base.TestClusterArgs{
+			ServerArgsPerNode: serverArgs,
+			ReplicationMode:   base.ReplicationManual,
+		},
+	)
+
 	defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
 
+	// Note that a range is scratched off from servers[0].
 	scratchStartKey := tc.ScratchRange(t)
 
 	// Record the snapshot metrics before anything has been sent / received.
 	senderMetricsMapBefore := getSnapshotBytesMetrics(t, tc, 0 /* serverIdx */)
 	receiverMetricsMapBefore := getSnapshotBytesMetrics(t, tc, 1 /* serverIdx */)
+	dummyNodeMetricsMapBefore := getSnapshotBytesMetrics(t, tc, 2 /* serverIdx */)
 
 	g := ctxgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	g.GoCtx(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		// A new replica at servers[1] is now added to the cluster, resulting in a
+		// learner snapshot to be sent cross-region from servers[0] to servers[1].
 		_, err := tc.AddVoters(scratchStartKey, tc.Target(1))
 		return err
 	})
@@ -2359,10 +2386,11 @@ func TestRebalancingSnapshotMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	senderMapDelta := getSnapshotMetricsDiff(senderMetricsMapBefore, senderMetricsMapAfter)
 
 	senderMapExpected := map[string]snapshotBytesMetrics{
-		".rebalancing": {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		".recovery":    {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		".unknown":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		"":             {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".rebalancing":  {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".recovery":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".unknown":      {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".cross-region": {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		"":              {sentBytes: snapshotLength, rcvdBytes: 0},
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, senderMapExpected, senderMapDelta)
 
@@ -2375,10 +2403,24 @@ func TestRebalancingSnapshotMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	receiverMapDelta := getSnapshotMetricsDiff(receiverMetricsMapBefore, receiverMetricsMapAfter)
 
 	receiverMapExpected := map[string]snapshotBytesMetrics{
-		".rebalancing": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
-		".recovery":    {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		".unknown":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
-		"":             {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
+		".rebalancing":  {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
+		".recovery":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".unknown":      {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".cross-region": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
+		"":              {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: snapshotLength},
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, receiverMapExpected, receiverMapDelta)
+
+	// Asserts that the dummy node sends/receives no cross-region snapshots, and
+	// its metrics should remain unchanged.
+	dummyNodeMetricsMapAfter := getSnapshotBytesMetrics(t, tc, 2 /* serverIdx */)
+	dummyNodeMapDelta := getSnapshotMetricsDiff(dummyNodeMetricsMapBefore, dummyNodeMetricsMapAfter)
+	dummyNodeMapExpected := map[string]snapshotBytesMetrics{
+		".rebalancing":  {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".recovery":     {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".unknown":      {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		".cross-region": {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+		"":              {sentBytes: 0, rcvdBytes: 0},
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, dummyNodeMapExpected, dummyNodeMapDelta)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_snapshot.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_snapshot.go
index 29923f245004..f43be725c839 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_snapshot.go
@@ -1089,6 +1089,13 @@ func (s *Store) receiveSnapshot(
 	recordBytesReceived := func(inc int64) {
 		s.metrics.RangeSnapshotRcvdBytes.Inc(inc)
 
+		if isCrossRegion, _ := s.cfg.StorePool.IsCrossRegion(
+			// Increment if the snapshot was from cross-region.
+			header.RaftMessageRequest.FromReplica, header.RaftMessageRequest.ToReplica,
+		); isCrossRegion && err == nil {
+			s.metrics.RangeSnapShotCrossRegionRcvdBytes.Inc(inc)
+		}
+
 		switch header.Priority {
 		case kvserverpb.SnapshotRequest_RECOVERY:
 			s.metrics.RangeSnapshotRecoveryRcvdBytes.Inc(inc)
diff --git a/pkg/roachpb/metadata.go b/pkg/roachpb/metadata.go
index 30a6d4b5fa13..d42b65d62eee 100644
--- a/pkg/roachpb/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/roachpb/metadata.go
@@ -617,6 +617,22 @@ func (l Locality) Matches(filter Locality) (bool, Tier) {
 	return true, Tier{}
 }
 
+// IsCrossRegion checks if both this and passed locality has a tier with "region"
+// as the key. If either locality does not have a region tier, it returns
+// (false, error). Otherwise, it compares their region values and returns (true,
+// nil) if they are different, and (false, nil) otherwise.
+func (l Locality) IsCrossRegion(other Locality) (bool, error) {
+	// It is unfortunate that the "region" tier key is hardcoded here. Ideally, we
+	// would prefer a more robust way to determine node locality regions.
+	region, hasRegion := l.Find("region")
+	otherRegion, hasRegionOther := other.Find("region")
+
+	if hasRegion && hasRegionOther {
+		return region != otherRegion, nil
+	}
+	return false, errors.Errorf("locality must have a tier with key region")
+}
+
 // SharedPrefix returns the number of this locality's tiers which match those of
 // the passed locality.
 func (l Locality) SharedPrefix(other Locality) int {