What3words is UP
and responding normally
Geocoding system that divides the world into three-word addresses.
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Response Time History
Recent Activity (7 days)
Response time has been trending slower lately — 288ms on average now, versus 185ms earlier in the week.
- Went from down to upAug 22, 2026, 3:37 PM
- Went from up to downAug 22, 2026, 3:27 PM
- Went from down to upAug 22, 2026, 10:41 AM
- Went from up to downAug 22, 2026, 10:32 AM
- Went from down to upAug 22, 2026, 5:43 AM
About What3words
- Website
- what3words.com
- Category
- Maps
- Monitored from
- EU (Helsinki, Frankfurt, Amsterdam)
- Check interval
- Every 5 minutes
- Monitoring since
- March 30, 2026 (148 days, 2,499 checks)
How we measure this: checks run from EU servers only, so a result here reflects what the EU sees, not a global view. A regional outage, CDN edge-cache issue, or bot/WAF protection that treats our monitoring probe differently than a real visitor can all cause this to disagree with What3words's own status page — that's a limitation of any third-party checker, not just this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is What3words down right now?
What3words is currently up and running. Our last check from EU servers showed a response time of 178ms with 99.12% uptime over the past 148 days.
What is What3words's uptime?
What3words has a 99.12% uptime measured over 148 days, based on 2,499 checks from Vartio's EU monitoring servers located in Helsinki, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam.
How do I check if What3words is down?
Vartio monitors What3words every 5 minutes from multiple EU servers and runs a live check when you visit this page. This page shows the current status, response time, and uptime history. You can also monitor your own services for free.
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