> Full Neon documentation index: https://neon.com/docs/llms.txt

# How can I check which region my Neon project is running in?

Check Project Settings, the CLI, or your connection string hostname.

Check the **Settings** widget on the **Project Dashboard** in the Console, run `neon projects get <project_id>` in the CLI, or read the region from your connection string hostname. The API returns it too.

## Console

1. Open the [Neon Console](https://console.neon.tech) and select the project.
2. On the **Project Dashboard**, find the **Settings** widget.
3. The region is listed there, including the provider (AWS, or Azure for older projects in the [deprecated Azure regions](https://neon.com/docs/import/azure-regions-deprecation)).

See [Project settings](https://neon.com/docs/manage/projects#project-settings).

## CLI

The `projects list` and `projects get` commands both show a **Region Id** column.

```bash
neon projects list
```

```text
┌────────────────────────┬──────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ ID                     │ Name     │ Region ID     │ Created At           │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ crimson-voice-12345678 │ frontend │ aws-us-east-2 │ 2024-04-15T11:17:30Z │
└────────────────────────┴──────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘
```

Or for a specific project:

```bash
neon projects get crimson-voice-12345678
```

See [`neon projects get`](https://neon.com/docs/cli/projects#get).

## Connection string

The hostname in your connection string includes the region. For example:

```text
postgresql://alex:AbC123dEf@ep-cool-darkness-a1b2c3d4-pooler.us-east-2.aws.neon.tech/dbname?sslmode=require&channel_binding=require
```

The segment just before `.aws.neon.tech` (or `.azure.neon.tech` on Azure projects) is the region:

- `us-east-2.aws.neon.tech` → AWS US East (Ohio)
- `eu-central-1.aws.neon.tech` → AWS Europe (Frankfurt)
- `ap-southeast-1.aws.neon.tech` → AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore)
- `eastus2.azure.neon.tech` → Azure East US 2 (deprecated; no new projects)

The `ep-cool-darkness-a1b2c3d4` portion is the compute endpoint ID, and `-pooler` marks a pooled connection. Neither tells you the region. The [Regions](https://neon.com/docs/introduction/regions) page lists every region ID.

**Tip: All branches share the project's region**

You can't run different branches in different regions. To find where a branch's data lives, look up its project's region.

## API

To get the region programmatically, call the [Neon API](https://neon.com/docs/reference/api/projects/get-project):

```bash
curl "https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/projects/$PROJECT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEON_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" | jq '.project.region_id'
```

The `region_id` field uses the same IDs as the CLI, such as `aws-us-east-2` (or `azure-eastus2` for an existing Azure project). New projects can only be created in AWS regions.

> **Need a different region?**
>
> A project's region is fixed. To switch, create a new project in the target region and migrate.
>
> [Migration guide](https://neon.com/docs/import/region-migration)

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