Your public IP is the internet-facing address assigned to your connection by your ISP, mobile carrier, company network, VPN service, or another network operator. The address shown at the top of this page is the one detected for your current connection.

Usually no. IP geolocation is approximate. It may identify a country, region, or city, but it should not be interpreted as an exact street address or GPS location.

Yes. While a VPN is active, websites normally see the IP address of the VPN server instead of the public IP assigned directly to your internet connection.

IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses such as 192.0.2.1. IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses such as 2001:db8::1 and was designed with a vastly larger address space.

Most consumer connections use dynamic addressing. Your IP may change after reconnecting, changing networks, restarting equipment, or because of the provider's address allocation policy.

IP geolocation databases map network blocks, not GPS coordinates. Your provider may route traffic through another city or register an address block to a regional network hub, so city-level results can differ from your physical location.

This tool is intended for public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Private or local addresses are not globally routed and do not have public geolocation information in the same way.