IP Address Lookup
The IP address lookup tool shows your public-facing IP address and the geographic and network information that anyone on the internet can see when you connect to their server. You can also look up any other IP address to see the same public data. Free, instant, no account required.
Location is approximate, IP geolocation does not reveal your exact address. Data sourced from ip-api.com.
What your IP address reveals about your location
Your public IP address reveals your approximate geographic location at the city or region level, your Internet Service Provider by name and ASN, your timezone, and in some cases your organization if you are connecting from a corporate or institutional network. This information is visible to every server you connect to and is part of all standard HTTP requests. My IP location data is derived from IP geolocation databases that ISPs and public registries maintain.
The precision of IP location varies by ISP and region. Dense urban areas with many users on small IP ranges often resolve to within a few kilometers. Rural areas or large ISP regions may resolve to a city or region that is quite far from the actual user location. IP geolocation does not use GPS and does not reveal your home address, street name, or precise coordinates. The location shown is the registered network location for the IP range, not the physical location of the device.
How to look up any IP address
To look up the information visible from a specific IP address, type or paste the IP into the search field and click Look Up. Both IPv4 addresses in dotted-decimal format (192.168.1.1) and IPv6 addresses in colon-delimited format are supported. The result shows the ISP, city, region, country, timezone, and ASN for the IP you entered. IP address lookup returns only public information that is available in public registries.
Common use cases for looking up a specific IP include checking what location a server appears to be in for troubleshooting, verifying whether a VPN or proxy connection is showing the expected exit IP and location, auditing the source of suspicious traffic in server access logs, and researching which network an IP belongs to for abuse reporting. The tool does not store any IP addresses you look up and returns only publicly registered information.
Frequently asked questions
Your public IP address reveals your approximate city or region location, your Internet Service Provider by name, the ASN (Autonomous System Number) of your ISP, your country, and your timezone. This information is visible to every server you connect to as part of standard network communication. It does not reveal your street address, full name, or precise GPS location.
IP geolocation accuracy varies. City-level accuracy is approximately 50 to 80 percent for most commercial databases. Country-level accuracy is above 99 percent. Accuracy is higher in dense urban areas with small IP allocations and lower in rural areas or regions where large blocks of IPs are assigned to a single ISP location. Corporate VPNs and institutional networks often resolve to the organization's headquarters rather than the user's physical city.
Yes. When you connect through a VPN, your traffic exits from the VPN provider's server. The IP address visible to external servers is the VPN exit server's IP, not your home or office IP. This tool shows your current public IP, if it shows your VPN's IP, the VPN is working. If it shows your ISP's IP, the VPN connection is not active or has leaked.
Yes. Websites can log your IP address for analytics, fraud detection, abuse prevention, and legal compliance. Your IP address can be used to associate multiple visits from the same network, apply geographic restrictions to content, and attribute suspicious activity to a specific ISP. Combining your IP with browser fingerprint data allows more precise tracking than IP alone.