IP geolocation lookup — find the location of any IP address
Enter any IPv4 or IPv6 address, or a domain name, to see its approximate country, region, city, ISP, ASN and map position. Your own IP is looked up automatically. Results link straight to a shareable URL.
Coordinates mark the centre of the ISP's registered service area, not a device. Accuracy is typically city-level. Need ownership details? Run a WHOIS lookup.
How IP geolocation works
IP geolocation maps an address to a physical location using databases that combine registry records (which block of addresses belongs to which provider), the routing infrastructure of that provider, and crowd-sourced signals. The result is an estimate, not a GPS fix.
How accurate is it?
- Country — correct ~95%+ of the time.
- Region/state — usually correct, occasionally off for large ISPs.
- City — a reasonable guess that can be the ISP's hub city rather than yours.
- Street address — not possible from IP alone.
VPNs, proxies, mobile carriers and corporate networks shift the apparent location to wherever the egress point sits. That's exactly why a WebRTC leak can be so revealing — it can bypass the VPN and expose your real address.
How to find the location of an IP address
- Get the IP. From an email header (Received: lines), a server or firewall log, your router's connection list, or a website's access log.
- Paste it above and press Locate. A domain name works too — it is resolved to the server's IP first.
- Read the result in context. Check the ISP/organisation: a hosting company or VPN provider means the location is a data centre, not a person. A mobile carrier means the city may be a regional hub hundreds of kilometres away.
- Need the owner or an abuse contact? Run the same address through IP WHOIS.
Why no IP tracker can show an exact location
Sites advertising a “highly accurate IP locator” or “exact IP location tracker” are drawing on the same kinds of databases as this one. An IP address is assigned to an internet provider, and the provider decides how to route it; only the provider knows which subscriber had it at a given moment. The best any lookup can do is the provider's local network — often accurate to a town, sometimes only to a country. Big services like Google appear more precise because they combine IP with Wi-Fi, GPS and account history. We explain the details in how accurate is IP geolocation?
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I find someone's exact address from their IP?
No. Geolocation resolves to a city or region at best. Only the person's ISP can link an address to a subscriber, and they release that only under legal process.
Why does a domain return a different location than expected?
We resolve the domain to the server's IP, so you get the data centre's location — often a cloud region like Virginia or Frankfurt — not the company's office.
Does this work for IPv6?
Yes. Paste any valid IPv6 address and it will be geolocated the same way as IPv4.
What is the most accurate IP location finder?
All IP geolocation services rely on similar registry and network-measurement data, so accuracy differs by a few percentage points, not by orders of magnitude. Country is right about 95–99% of the time; city roughly 50–80% depending on the region and ISP. No service can reliably go below city level.
Why does Google say my location is somewhere else?
Google and other large services blend your IP location with Wi-Fi networks, GPS and past activity. If those signals are missing, they fall back to the IP estimate, which may be your ISP's hub city. Using a VPN moves it to the VPN server's location.
Is it legal to look up the location of an IP address?
Yes. IP-to-location data is public, registry-derived information and lookups like this are used daily for security, fraud prevention and network troubleshooting. Using the result to harass or stalk someone is, of course, not acceptable.
Who owns this network?
Pull the registry record, allocation range and abuse contact for any IP.
Open IP WHOIS