Free Tool · No API key required
IP Location — find any IP address on a map
Look up the city, country, ISP, timezone, and approximate coordinates of any public IP address — your own or someone else's. Click one button to look up your own IP, or paste any IPv4 / IPv6 address to inspect it.
Lookup an IP address
- IP address
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- Version
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- City
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- Region
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- Country
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- Postal code
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- ISP / Org
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- ASN
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- Timezone
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- UTC offset
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- Currency
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- Coordinates
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What is IP location?
IP geolocation is the process of estimating where in the world an IP address is physically located. Every device on the public internet has an IP address — a unique number issued by an Internet Service Provider — and those addresses are assigned in blocks that are registered to specific countries, regions, and (often) cities. Geolocation databases keep a constantly-updated map of which IP range belongs to which ISP and roughly where that ISP serves its customers.
When you click the Lookup my IP button, the tool sends a request to a free public geolocation API (ipapi.co), which looks the address up in its database and returns the best-guess city, country, ISP, timezone, and approximate coordinates. The result is fast and free, but it is fundamentally an educated guess — country-level accuracy is excellent (95-99%), but the city it shows can easily be 25 kilometers from where you actually are.
How to use the IP Location tool
- Look up your own IP. Click the Lookup my IP button at the top of the tool card. The page asks the API for your visible public IP and the geolocation in one call. No permission prompt is needed because the IP is already visible to any web server you connect to.
- Look up any other IP. Paste an IPv4 address like
8.8.8.8or an IPv6 address like2001:4860:4860::8888into the input box and click Lookup. Works for any publicly routable address. - Read the result carefully. The country field is essentially always correct. The city is correct roughly 50 to 75% of the time. The street is never visible from IP alone.
- Check the map pin. The pin is dropped at the database's best-guess coordinate — typically the centroid of the ISP's service area for that IP block, not the actual subscriber's home.
Why use GetMyLocations?
Instant lookup
Click and read — typical lookup completes in under a second.
No API key
Works without signup, paid tier, or rate-limited developer key.
IPv4 + IPv6
Handles both address formats — important since most mobile carriers prefer IPv6.
Map + raw data
Visual pin on a real map plus the full data dictionary (ISP, ASN, postal, currency).
Read-only
The tool only requests public data. No tracking pixels, no account creation.
Plain-language explanations
Inline notes about what each field means and why the city is often wrong.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is IP geolocation?
Country level: 95-99% correct. Region/state: 80-90%. City: 50-75% — and often off by 25 km or more. Street level is essentially never accurate from IP alone.
Why does my real IP show the wrong city?
Usually one of: you are behind a VPN that rewrites the visible IP; you are on a corporate or school network with a single egress; your mobile carrier back-hauls traffic through a regional gateway; or the IP geolocation database is stale because your ISP recently reassigned the block.
Can someone find my home address from my IP?
No. Public IP lookup can place you within a city or region. Your physical address is known only to your ISP, who releases it only with a legal request.
Which API does this tool use?
The free public ipapi.co endpoint. It does not require an API key for low-volume use. Lookups are rate-limited per IP per day by the upstream service.
Can I look up an IPv6 address?
Yes. The tool accepts both IPv4 and IPv6. IPv6 is often more honest because most mobile CGNAT setups only proxy IPv4 — IPv6 traffic usually shows your device's actual prefix.
Is it legal to look up someone's IP location?
Yes. Public IP geolocation is public information. Using the result for harassment, stalking, or unauthorized access is illegal regardless of the lookup itself.