Your IP Location & Geolocation Details
See what your IP reveals about your location
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Your Approximate Location
The marker shows the approximate area associated with your IP address, not your exact location. The circle indicates the accuracy range.
Important: IP-based geolocation is an approximation. It typically identifies your ISP's location or regional hub, not your exact physical address. Accuracy can vary from city-level to country-level depending on your connection type.
Location Data Explained
Location (City, Region)
This shows the estimated city and region (state/province) associated with your IP address. This information comes from geolocation databases that map IP ranges to geographic areas. The accuracy depends on how your ISP allocates IP addresses - it may show your actual city or a nearby major city where your ISP has infrastructure.
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The country associated with your IP address. This is typically the most accurate piece of location data, as IP address blocks are allocated to organizations within specific countries. Country detection is usually 95-99% accurate.
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Your Internet Service Provider is the company that provides your internet connection. This could be a telecom company (like AT&T, Verizon), cable provider (like Comcast/Xfinity, Spectrum), mobile carrier (like T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless), or a corporate/educational network. The ISP information reveals who owns and manages your IP address block.
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The timezone associated with your IP's geographic location (e.g., "Europe/Prague", "America/New_York"). This is derived from the estimated location and follows the IANA timezone database format. Note that this reflects the location's timezone, not necessarily your device's configured timezone.
↑ Back to Your DataCoordinates (Latitude, Longitude)
Approximate geographic coordinates for your IP address location. These coordinates typically point to a general area (often the center of a city or ISP's regional hub) rather than your exact location. Never use these coordinates for precise location needs - they are estimates only.
↑ Back to Your DataHow Accurate Is IP Geolocation?
IP geolocation is very reliable at the country level and gets less precise the closer you zoom in. Accuracy depends on the database a website uses and on how your ISP routes its traffic. According to MaxMind, one of the largest geolocation providers, typical accuracy for US IP addresses looks like this:
| Level | Typical accuracy (US) |
|---|---|
| Country | About 99.8% |
| State | About 80% |
| City (within ~30 miles / 50 km) | About 66% |
| Street address or household | Not possible from an IP address alone |
In practice, this means a website can usually tell which state you are in, and often which metro area, but in roughly one case out of three the city shown is a different town nearby, typically where your ISP has its equipment. Home broadband connections (cable, fiber, DSL) tend to geolocate more accurately than mobile data, corporate networks or satellite internet.
Can Someone Find My Home Address From My IP?
No. A website, a gamer in the same match, or a person you emailed cannot get your street address from your IP address. Geolocation databases map IP ranges to areas, not to homes, and MaxMind states plainly that its data is never precise enough to locate a specific household or person.
The only company that can link your IP address to your name and address is your ISP, because it knows which customer account used which IP at what time. ISPs don't share this with the public. Law enforcement or a party in a lawsuit can request it through a subpoena, court order or warrant, and how long an ISP keeps these records varies by provider.
Why "approximate" matters: In 2016, a family living on a farm in Potwin, Kansas sued MaxMind after years of visits from police and strangers. The company had used a point on their property as the default location for more than 600 million US IP addresses whose exact location was unknown. MaxMind moved the default point to the middle of a lake, and the case was settled in 2017. IP location shows an area, never a specific house.
Why Does My IP Show the Wrong Location?
If the city above isn't where you are, it is usually one of these reasons:
- Your ISP's network hub: Many ISPs route traffic for a whole region through one city, so your IP is registered there.
- Mobile data: Carriers like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile send traffic through regional gateways and share IP addresses among many customers (CGNAT). Your phone can show a city hundreds of miles away.
- VPN or proxy: Websites see the location of the VPN server, not yours. That is expected and means the VPN is working.
- Reassigned IP addresses: IP blocks are bought, sold and moved between regions. Databases can take weeks to catch up.
- Different databases: Each website uses its own geolocation provider, so two sites can show two different cities for the same IP.
How to fix it: If the location is wrong without a VPN, you can submit a correction directly to the database providers, for example through MaxMind's correction form. Approved corrections are usually applied within about a week, but other websites may keep showing the old location until their own databases update. If streaming services or banks block you because of a wrong location, contacting your ISP can also help, since ISPs can report corrections for their whole IP range.
IP Location vs. GPS and Browser Location
Your IP address is only one way websites can find your location, and it is the least precise one:
- IP location is visible to every website you visit, automatically and without asking. It shows your approximate area.
- Browser location (the "This site wants to know your location" prompt) uses GPS, nearby Wi-Fi networks and cell towers. It can be accurate to a few yards, but websites only get it if you click Allow.
- Account and app data such as your Google account, shipping address or phone apps with location access can reveal far more than your IP.
If a site knows your exact street, it almost never came from your IP address. Check which sites have location permission in your browser settings (in Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Site settings → Location). To hide your IP-based location, use a VPN. The guide to hiding your IP address compares the options, and the VPN test confirms that your real location isn't leaking.
Why Location Matters
- Content localization: Websites use your location to show relevant content, language, and currency.
- Access restrictions: Some content is geo-restricted based on IP location (streaming services, regional websites).
- Security: Unusual location changes can trigger security alerts on your accounts.
- Advertising: Location data is used to serve geographically targeted advertisements.
Privacy Considerations
While IP geolocation doesn't reveal your exact address, it can still provide meaningful information about your general location. If privacy is a concern, consider:
- Using a VPN to mask your real IP address and location
- Using the Tor browser for anonymous browsing
- Being aware that websites can see this information about you