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IP Geolocation Lookup
Look up approximate country, city, timezone, ISP, organization, and ASN fields for any public IP address.
IP geolocation is network context, not exact location. VPN, proxy, CDN, hosting, and mobile carrier IPs may show provider infrastructure.
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IP Geolocation Lookup: the short answer
IP geolocation estimates where an address is used from third-party databases; it is usually right about the country and often wrong about the city. This lookup asks the RIPEstat Data API first: its maxmind-geo-lite endpoint, which serves the MaxMind GeoLite2 database, for country, region and city, and its prefix-overview endpoint for the network that announces the address. Only if RIPEstat gives no usable answer does it fall back to ipapi.co, then ipwho.is, then ipwhois.app; time zone comes only from those fallbacks. The result locates a network, not a person.
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Approximate location fields
Enter a public IPv4 or IPv6 address to look up approximate geolocation fields.
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Limitations
- IP geolocation is approximate.
- VPN, proxy, CDN, hosting, and mobile carrier IPs may show provider infrastructure rather than a user's physical location.
- Results depend on third-party IP databases and can be outdated.
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What this checks
Visible browser/session signals such as public route, DNS/WebRTC/IPv6 behavior, fingerprint traits, user-agent, or public IP context.
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It cannot certify anonymity, inspect every app, or prove that a VPN, ISP, device, or account is safe.
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Quick reference
IP Geolocation Lookup: what this tool does
Checks approximate geolocation for a public IP address.
How to use
- Enter a public IPv4 or IPv6 address, or use the current-IP button.
- Read country and network owner before city: those are the more dependable fields.
- Cross-check with ASN Lookup when it matters who operates the address.
What the result means
Country, region, city, timezone and network owner are read from third-party IP databases. Those databases record where a provider says a block is used, which is an approximation of a network, not a position of a person.
Known limitations
- City-level answers are frequently wrong, and country can be wrong for mobile, satellite and recently reassigned ranges.
- VPN, proxy, hosting and CDN addresses resolve to provider infrastructure rather than to any user of that address.
- Providers disagree with each other. This page shows what the responding database returned, not a consensus between them.
IP Geolocation Lookup — Common Questions
How accurate is IP geolocation?
The country is usually right; the town is an estimate. In our own check, eight geolocation sources placed one Ukrainian address in three different towns, 34 to 273 km from where the connection really was; all of them agreed on the country. Accuracy is lower for mobile IPs (which are assigned by carrier network infrastructure rather than the user's location), VPN/proxy IPs (which show the server location), and ISPs that centralise their address blocks in one city. See our IP Geolocation Accuracy guide for details.
Why does my IP show the wrong city?
The most common reasons: 1) Your ISP routes all traffic through a regional hub in a different city. 2) You are on a mobile/cellular IP — these are assigned by the carrier's infrastructure, not your physical location. 3) Your IP block was registered in a different city years ago and the database has not updated. 4) You are using a VPN — it shows the VPN server's location. None of these are errors — they are inherent limits of IP-to-location mapping.
What is the difference between IP geolocation and GPS location?
IP geolocation maps a network address to an approximate location using regional routing data — it is accurate to city level at best, and can be wrong by hundreds of kilometres. GPS uses satellite signals and is accurate to within a few metres. Websites that ask for your GPS location (via the browser Geolocation API) get your real location — but only if you grant permission. IP geolocation happens silently without any permission request.
Can I use this to look up any IP address?
Yes — enter any public IPv4 or IPv6 address to look up its approximate location, ISP, ASN, and connection type. You can look up your own IP to see what websites see, a VPN server's IP to verify its location, or any other public IP. Private IPs (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, 172.16-31.x.x) cannot be geolocated — they are not routable on the public internet.
Next checks and references
IP and Network ToolsParent hub for this tool category.What Is My IPCurrent public IP and basic exposure summary.ASN LookupASN and network prefix lookup.WHOIS / RDAP LookupPublic RDAP registry lookup.Relevant guideBackground reading for interpreting this result.MethodologyHow MyIPScan labels confidence, limits, and safe-copy outputs.