Tonye Brown

November 22, 2023

 • 2 min read

How to Add a city or location to a weather app (with video)

Step-by-step guide for adding a city or location to a weather app. Covers AccuWeather, Optic Weather, iOS Weather app, Weather Channel app, and more.

The process for adding a city or location to a weather app varies across apps. This guide covers how to add a city or location to popular weather apps including AccuWeather, Optic Weather, iOS Weather app, Weather Channel app, and more.

Many apps provide a search bar to find and add new locations. Others let you browse a map to visually select a place. Some even let you add multiple locations to track weather for. This guide covers how to add places across major weather apps:

General Tips for Adding Locations

While specifics vary, adding locations generally involves:

1. Opening the app and finding the option to add/save locations. This is often in the side menu, the top bar, a button with a + icon, or a search bar.
2. Searching for the desired city or place. This is often in a search bar or on a map.
3. Selecting it from search results to add as a new location tab.
4. Repeating this for other locations you want to track weather for.

Now let’s explore the app-specific workflows.

Adding in Optic Weather

In OpticWeather’s, adding locations is intuitive:

1. Launch the Optic Weather desktop or mobile app
2. Press A on keyboard (on desktop) or click the + button (to the right of the last tab)
3. Search for the desired place in the “Add Location” popup. This is often a city, state, or country.
4. Click the matching result, then select “Add” to add as new location tab

Repeat to append additional place. Keyboard shortcuts like A makes this very efficient.

Video Walkthrough

Here’s a video walkthrough of adding locations in Optic Weather:

Adding in AccuWeather

To append locations in AccuWeather:

1. Open AccuWeather and tap account icon
2. Select “Locations” > “Add Location”
3. Enter city/place in search bar
4. Choose correct match from results
5. Verify location details and “Add”

Follow same process to save other desired forecast locations.

Adding in Weather Channel

With The Weather Channel app:

1. Launch app and open side menu
2. Tap “Add” button
3. Search for desired city/place
4. Select correct match
5. Click “Add” to save location

Repeat for any other places to track weather for.

Adding in iOS Weather

For the iOS Weather app (formerly Dark Sky):

1. Open iOS Weather on your iPhone/iPad
2. Tap list icon in bottom right
3. Tap the + icon to search locations
4. Enter city/place in search bar
5. Select correct match and click “Add”

Rinse and repeat to save additional iOS Weather locations.

I hope these step-by-step guides for adding forecast locations across top weather apps helps provide what you need! Let me know if you would like me to clarify or expand any sections.