Quick answer: what is my iPhone's IP address?
The address at the top of this page is your public IP address: the one websites see when your iPhone connects to them. Your iPhone also has a separate local (private) IP address on your Wi-Fi network, which you can see in Settings > Wi-Fi > (i). They are different on purpose. Our guides explain the details:
- How to find your IP address on iPhone, on Wi-Fi and cellular
- Public vs private IP address and why they never match
- IPv4 vs IPv6, if yours looks long and has colons
What this page shows about your connection
Along with your IP address, the details above come from public records of who owns that address:
- ISP and organization: the company that provides your internet, such as your home broadband provider or mobile carrier.
- City, region and country: the area the address is registered or routed to. This is approximate, and often points to a nearby city or your ISP's regional hub rather than where you are standing.
- Time zone and IP type: whether your connection is IPv4 or IPv6.
- Your browser: the description your browser sends to every site it visits, including Safari's version and your iOS version.
None of this reveals your name, phone number or street address. Only your ISP can connect an IP address to an account.
Why does my IP address change or show the wrong city?
- Dynamic assignment: most ISPs and carriers rotate addresses when your router restarts or you reconnect. Want a new one on purpose? See how to change your IP address.
- Switching networks: moving between Wi-Fi and cellular gives you a different public IP.
- Shared carrier addresses: on cellular, many customers can share one public address, so the location shown may be your carrier's gateway.
- iCloud Private Relay or a VPN: websites see the relay's or VPN's address and location instead. If the ISP shown here is not yours, this is probably why. See how hiding your IP works.
Why you might need your IP address
- Troubleshooting: confirm which network your iPhone is using. If Wi-Fi shows no internet, see how to fix an iPhone with no IP address.
- Router and home network setup: you may need your router's IP address.
- Remote access and gaming: servers and remote tools often ask for your public IP.
- Privacy checks: verify that a VPN or Private Relay is working by checking that the address above changes.
Want to know how fast your connection is? Try our iPhone internet speed test.
How does this tool work, and how accurate is it?
When you open this page, the address your connection used to reach us is read from the request (through Cloudflare, our hosting provider) and its registered details are looked up. If that is unavailable, the page falls back to other public lookup services. Nothing needs to be installed, and nothing about your device is changed. The IP address itself is exact. The location is an estimate based on registration data, typically accurate to the city or region, and sometimes less so on cellular connections. We do not store visitors' IP addresses ourselves. See our privacy policy for details.