How To Change My Weather Location On My Iphone

Earlier the Weather widget was only available in the Today View. With iOS 14, you can add it to your iPhone Home Screen and see the weather information with just a glance. However, this widget does not work for many users.

It fails to refresh the temperature or shows no data. For some, the location displays only 'Cupertino.' Thankfully, we've listed 9 tested solutions to fix the weather widget on your iPhone home screen.

Ensure Location access
Check internet connectivity
Manually select the location in the Weather widget
Delete the saved location
Turn on Background App Refresh
Uninstall and reinstall the Weather app
Update to the latest iOS version
Reset Location & Privacy data
Reset All Settings

1. Ensure Location access

The primary step is to ensure the iPhone Weather app has access to your location. To check this:

Open Settings, scroll down and tap Privacy.
Tap Location Services.
First, ensure the toggle for Location Services is enabled.
Next, scroll down and tap Weather.
Tap While Using the App or Widgets.
You may also enable the toggle for Precise Location.

2. Check internet connectivity

This goes without saying that to update weather information, your iPhone must have working internet connectivity. Let's perform a quick check to ensure everything is alright on this front.

Open Settings and tap Wi-Fi.
Make sure you are connected to a network.
Or, tap Cellular and make sure it is enabled. Further, scroll down and ensure that under CELLULAR DATA, the toggle for Weather is green.
Now, open Safari and try to visit a website. If it loads, things are perfect. The weather app and the widget should have no trouble fetching fresh data.

Note: If you are using a VPN, consider disabling it.

I discovered this trick while browsing Apple's official developer forum.

On the Home screen, long-press the weather widget and tap Edit Widget.
Tap Location.
Instead of 'My Location,' manually type and select your desired location – say New Delhi.

Note: After one or two iOS 14 incremental updates are released, Apple will take care of this, and you can switch to 'My Location' again.

4. Delete the saved location

Open the Weather app and tap the stack icon at the bottom right.
Below 'My Location,' you will see the saved locations. Swipe right to left on one and tap Delete.
Repeat this for all saved entries.
Restart your iPhone, and the weather widget should work correctly now.
You may also go ahead and re-save the desired locations. For this, follow the first step and then tap the search icon.
Now, type the city name, tap the suggestion, and finally tap Add.

5. Turn on Background App Refresh

Background Refresh lets the app fetch new data in the background. Since you are facing difficulty with the Weather widget, let's make sure things are correct here.

Open Settings and tap General.
Tap Background App Refresh.
On the next screen, make sure it is On. Also, scroll down and ensure the toggle for Weather is enabled.

6. Uninstall and reinstall the Weather app

Though Weather is an in-built Apple app, you can uninstall and reinstall it to fix things. Here's how.

From the Home screen or App Library, long-press the Weather icon.
Tap Remove App → Delete App → Delete.
Additionally, enter the jiggle mode by long-pressing. You can tap the minus button and follow along.
Restart your iPhone.
Open the App Store and tap Search.
Type Weather and tap the download icon to install the official app.

7. Update to the latest iOS Version

Apple regularly pushes iOS updates to fix such bugs and problems. And especially after a major iOS release (say iOS 15), you soon get the next version (say iOS 15.1). This (and subsequent updates) significantly polishes things based on user feedback. Thus, you must get the latest version when available.

Note: If you are on iOS 15 beta, you may also switch to the public version of iOS 15.

8. Reset Location & Privacy data

If nothing seems to work, resetting location data might help. Let me guide you.

Go to Settings and tap General.
Scroll to the end and tap Reset.
Tap Reset Location & Privacy.
Enter your iPhone passcode and confirm.

9. Reset All Settings

The method mentioned above didn't bring much luck? Consider resetting all settings.

After this, every setting that you have changed to your liking will be restored to default. A few things like VPN profiles will be deleted. But personal stuff, photos, music, apps, etc., will stay as it is.

From Settings, tap General.
Tap Reset.
Tap Reset All Settings.
Enter your device passcode (and Screen Time passcode, if asked).
Finally, tap Reset All Settings to initiate the process.

After this, connect to a Wi-Fi network or mobile data. Once basic things are set up, the weather app and the widget should function smoothly.

Signing Off

That's it, folks! These are the real solutions to get the misbehaving weather widget working again on iPhone. I believe one of the solutions worked successfully for you. If nothing worked, and there are no pending iOS updates, please wait for the upcoming one.

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Jignesh Padhiyar is the co-founder of iGeeksBlog.com who has a keen eye for news, rumors and all the unusual stuff that happens around Apple products. During his tight schedule, Jignesh finds some moments of respite to share side-splitting contents on social media.