Does using a VPN affect the time and weather shown for my location?
Quick Answer: Yes, using a VPN can affect the time and weather shown for your location because websites often detect your location based on your IP address. When you connect through a VPN, your IP appears from a different place, so the site may show the time and weather for that VPN serverβs location instead of where you really are.
Most sites, including time and weather services, use your IP address to guess your location. A VPN masks your real IP and replaces it with one from the VPN server, which might be in a different city or country.
This means the time zone and weather updates you see could match the VPN server location, not your actual spot. Some sites let you manually set your location to fix this, but automatic detection usually follows the VPNβs IP.