How to Replace Cupertino Weather With Your City on iPhone
This article is about Cupertino weather on your iPhone. Apple’s page Check the weather on iPhone says: “Weather uses Location Services to get the forecast for your current location.”
The same page says: “If you don’t see the details for the location you want to know about, tap” the Location List button, “then tap My Location or another location.” Both controls are below, in Apple’s words.
The two Apple Weather pages linked at the bottom of this article never name Cupertino.
Turn on Location Services for Weather
Apple’s page Check the weather on iPhone puts two steps under the heading “Before you begin”. Here they are, with the first one in our own words because Apple prints an icon inside it:
- Open the Settings app, tap Privacy & Security, tap Location Services, then tap Weather.
- Turn on Precise Location.
The same page says, under “Before you begin”: “You can turn on Precise Location to increase the accuracy of the forecast.”
The same page says, under “Check the local forecast and conditions”: “The details for your current location are shown.”
Apple’s page Check the weather in other locations on iPhone has a tip that opens “To see your Home and Work locations in search results” and ends with the words “turn on Location Services” and “for Weather.”
Switch from Cupertino to My Location
Check the weather on iPhone says: “If you don’t see the details for the location you want to know about, tap” the list button, “then tap My Location or another location.”
The list button is the icon Apple prints between those two spans. Its label on Apple’s page is the Location List button.
Add your city to the Weather list
Apple’s page Check the weather in other locations on iPhone opens with this: “Check the weather for any location around the world and quickly access forecasts for locations you save to your list.”
Under “Search for another location” the page gives these steps, with the icon steps in our own words. Apple also lists a step to return to the list without adding the location.
- Open the Weather app on your iPhone.
- Tap the list button.
- Tap the search field at the top or bottom of the screen, then enter the name of the city, neighborhood, or location.
- Tap the location in the search results to display the forecast.
- Tap the Add button to add the location to your list.
The same page carries this note: “Neighborhood search results aren’t available in all locations.”
The same page also has the heading “Add a location from the weather map”.
To move between saved places, Apple says: “To check the weather in locations you added to your list, swipe left or right when viewing a location, or tap” the list button, “then tap a location.”
Remove Cupertino from the list, or move your city up
Check the weather in other locations on iPhone gives this under “Remove a location from your list”: “Swipe left on the location, then tap” the Delete button.
Under “Rearrange locations in your list” it gives this: “Touch and hold the location, then move it up or down.”
Both start from the list, which you reach with the list button.
What these two pages say about Cupertino
Nothing. Searching the text of both pages for Cupertino, default city, default location, placeholder and Steve Jobs returns nothing on either page.
That is a statement about those two pages and nothing wider. We did not look past these two pages.
So this article gives you the controls and skips the story.
If Weather still shows the wrong place
Neither page prints a troubleshooting step for a wrong or stuck location. Searching the text of both pages for wrong, incorrect, troubleshoot, stuck, fix and not showing returns nothing on either page.
What the two pages do give you is above: the list button with My Location, and the tip on Check the weather in other locations on iPhone that ends “turn on Location Services” and “for Weather.”
Neither page mentions a restart in its Weather steps; the word appears on each page only in the guide’s navigation. If you want to try one anyway, our steps are in how to restart an iPhone. We have also covered an iPhone stuck on Preparing Update and a grey Apple Account name you cannot sign out of.
Questions readers ask
Does Apple say Cupertino is the default weather city?
Neither of the two Apple Weather pages linked below says so. The strings Cupertino, default city and default location return nothing on either page.
How do I get my own city to show first?
Apple’s step under “Rearrange locations in your list” is “Touch and hold the location, then move it up or down.” The list opens from the list button.
Does my city list carry over to my other devices?
Apple’s page Check the weather in other locations on iPhone says: “Your list of locations stays up to date across your devices when you’re” “signed in to the same Apple Account”.
Why can I not find my neighborhood in the search?
Apple’s page Check the weather in other locations on iPhone carries this note: “Neighborhood search results aren’t available in all locations.”
What does Precise Location do for Weather?
Apple’s sentence carries its own “can”: “You can turn on Precise Location to increase the accuracy of the forecast.”
Sources
- Apple Support: Check the weather on iPhone
- Apple Support: Check the weather in other locations on iPhone
Both pages were fetched and checked on October 10, 2026, and both serve the iOS 27 version of the iPhone User Guide.