Apple Watch faces come with complications that you can edit to display useful information. However, Apple Watch weather complication is not showing data or updating for some users. Are you seeing blank weather complication on Apple Watch face? Some users also complained about weather complications or widgets showing data for the wrong location. Let’s learn how to fix Apple Watch weather complications not working or updating.
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1. Restart Watch
Before we begin the troubleshooting process, you should restart your Apple Watch and the paired iPhone. Often, the age-old trick of turning off and on a device will fix the issue of weather not showing on the Apple Watch face.
2. Enable Location Services
If the weather complication or widget appears blank on your Apple Watch, make sure that Location Services are enabled on your iPhone. If it’s already on, you should disable it and turn it on again to refresh it.
1. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location services.
2. Enable the toggle next to Location Services. If it’s already enabled, turn off the toggle. Wait for 10-15 seconds and then enable the toggle again.
3. Allow Location Access to Weather App
Next, if you are seeing two dashes instead of the temperature in the weather widget or complication, you must grant location access to the iPhone Weather app as shown below.
1. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location services on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap on Weather.
3. Select Never under the Allow Location Access section. Wait a few seconds and then select While Using the App or Widgets. Also, ensure the toggle next to Precise Location is enabled.
Tip: You should also keep location services enabled for Apple Watch Faces. For that, tap on Apple Watch Faces in Settings > Privacy & Security > Location services and select While Using the App.
4. Set Default Location Manually
Generally, the Apple Watch will show you the weather for your current location. But sometimes, Apple Watch weather doesn’t show the current location data as it can’t get the exact location. An easy way to fix it is to set the location manually to your current city on your watch.
For that, first, you will need to add your city manually to the Weather app and then set it as the default city for Apple Watch. Here are the steps.
Add City Manually in Weather App on iPhone
1. Open the Weather app on your iPhone.
2. Tap on the three-bar icon at the bottom followed by pressing the search bar.
3. Type the name of your city and select it from the search results.
4. Tap on Add on the city screen to add it to your list of favorite cities.
Tip: Know how to add weather to the iPhone lock screen.
Change Default City in Weather App on Apple Watch
The Weather app on Apple Watch shows the same cities that you have added to the Weather app on your iPhone. Follow these steps to change the default city for Apple Watch Weather app:
1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Go to the Weather app and select Default City.
3. Choose the location that you added in the above method. Do not select the Current Location option.
Tip: You can change the selected city manually from your Apple Watch as well by going to Settings > Weather > Default City.
5. Ensure the Watch is Connected to the iPhone
For Apple Watch to show weather data, it must be connected to your iPhone. Open Control Center on your watch and look for the green phone icon at the top. That means the watch and iPhone are connected. If the phone icon is red, your Apple Watch and iPhone are not connected. Make sure Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are enabled on both devices. Also, keep them next to each other.
Tip: Know the meaning of other icons on your Apple Watch.
6. Change Watch Face
Changing the watch face also seems to help in resolving the weather not showing on the Apple Watch face issue. What you need to do is press down on your current watch face. Then instead of changing the watch face, press the Digital Crown to set your current watch face again. This will reload all complications on your watch face including the weather complication. If that doesn’t fix, change the watch face and then switch back to the watch face to the original clock face.
Tip: Know how to put multiple pictures on the Apple Watch face.
7. Change from 24 to 12H Clock or Vice Versa
Strangely, for many Apple Watch users, simply switching the time from 24H to 12H or vice versa fixed the weather issue on their watch.
1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Go to Clock and enable the toggle next to 24-Hour Time. If it’s already on, turn it off.
Tip: Learn how to change analog to digital clock on Apple Watch.
8. Re-Add Weather Complication
Often, simply re-adding the complication is enough to make them work again. You should do the same with the weather complication on your Apple Watch to fix the weather not working issue.
1. Long press on your watch face and press the Edit button under the watch.
2. Swipe left to go to the Complications screen. Tap on the weather complication and select a different parameter like wind. Or you can even try changing the complication to something else. Then switch to your original parameter again.
Tip: Learn how to use widgets on Apple Watch.
9. Enable Complications Data in Always on Mode
If weather complication doesn’t show up in the Always on mode of your Apple Watch, make sure you have set complications to show in the Always on mode.
To check and enable complications, follow these steps:
1. Open the Watch app on your phone.
2. Tap on Display & Brightness followed by Always on.
3. Tap on Show Complications Data and enable the toggle next to Show Complication Data. Also, scroll down and make sure the Weather app is enabled.
10. Turn off Low Power Mode
Sometimes, Low Power mode is also responsible for weather data not loading on your Apple Watch. You should disable it both on your watch and the connected iPhone.
To disable Low Power mode on Apple Watch, go to Apple Watch Settings > Battery and turn off the toggle next to Low Power mode.
Similarly, go to iPhone Settings > Battery and disable Low Power Mode.
Tip: When the Low Power mode is active, the battery icon turns yellow.
11. Update Software
There’s a probability that the weather complication data is not showing on your watch due to a bug in the software. You must check and update the software of your watch to the latest version.
On your Apple Watch, go to Settings > General > Software update.
Tip: Know how to fix the Apple Watch not updating issue.
12. Reinstall Weather App
You should also try reinstalling the Weather app on your iPhone. For that, first, you will need to uninstall the app and then install it again from the App Store. Uninstalling the Weather app on your iPhone will uninstall it from the watch as well.
1. Long press on the Weather app icon on your iPhone and select Remove app followed by Delete app.
2. Once the app is deleted, restart your iPhone.
3. Open the App Store on your iPhone and search for weather. Install the Weather app from Apple.
13. Reset Location Settings
Finally, if nothing seems to fix the issue of Apple Watch weather complication not working, you should reset your iPhone’s location and privacy settings. Doing so will not delete your personal data but will restore all the location and privacy customizations on your iPhone to default values.
1. On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone.
2. Tap on Reset followed by Reset Location & Privacy.
Good Weather, Good Times
Once weather data starts loading on your Apple Watch, you should check other aspects of your watch. Learn how to make your Apple Watch vibrate. Also, know how to get sound notifications on both watch and iPhone.
