# Cupertino Cupertino is the default city on Apple's iPhone weather app, and in 2025 TikTokers turned it into a running joke about a seemingly perfect California town where the forecast is forever sunny and 70 degrees. The snowclone 'Average X in Cupertino' spawned a wave of edits framing the city as a utopia free of crime, bad weather and basic human misery. ## Origin Jokes about the iPhone weather app defaulting to Cupertino go back to the early 2010s, with a March 2014 tweet reading 'When you realize you're looking at the weather in Cupertino...' picking up modest engagement[6]. The first viral post is credited to X user @autipulatious, who on March 26, 2022 replied 'At least I know the weather in Cupertino' to a now deleted tweet about the iPhone weather app 'freestyling,' pulling in over 6,800 likes[7]. From there the joke jumped to TikTok. On August 8, 2022, @soupspamsoupspam posted a video asking 'Where TF even is Cupertino?' in front of the in-app weather widget, which collected over 114,000 likes[8]. Later that year, on December 26, 2022, X user @OvOBrezzzy tweeted 'Someone tell Apple we don't care what's the weather in Cupertino,' earning more than 8,000 likes[1]. - **Platform:** Twitter (early jokes) / TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2022 ## Overview The joke runs on a single observation: open the iPhone weather app anywhere in the world and the top of the list is Cupertino, California, Apple's hometown, where the forecast is almost always clear skies and mild temperatures[1]. TikTokers turned that quirk into a running bit about Cupertino being a secret paradise, with the 'Average X in Cupertino' snowclone used to describe residents waking up to another 70 degree day with a slight breeze[2]. The tone is the opposite of the long running Ohio memes, which frame Ohio as a cursed hellscape[3]. Cupertino edits instead stage the city as a crime free, poverty free bubble where even the 'worst civilian' is a saint helping strangers on the sidewalk[4]. Common formats include POV shots of the weather widget, Captain Underpants reaction clips used as a stand in for sunny Cupertino residents, and comparison slideshows pitting Cupertino against Detroit and Ohio[5]. ## How to Use The typical format pairs a screenshot or video of the Cupertino weather forecast with a caption built on 'Average [thing] in Cupertino' or 'Cupertino residents when...' The common convention is to frame the city as impossibly idyllic, often sourcing wholesome or utopian imagery (Captain Underpants clips, sitcom neighborhoods, random acts of kindness) as stand ins for life there. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Cupertino? Cupertino is a California city that hosts Apple's headquarters and is set as the default location on the iPhone weather app, which turned it into a 2025 TikTok meme about an imaginary utopia with perfect weather[1]. ### Where did Cupertino come from? Jokes about the default weather setting date to 2014, with the first viral tweet posted by X user @autipulatious on March 26, 2022[7]. The TikTok trend took off in mid 2025[2]. ### What does Cupertino mean? In the meme, Cupertino is used as shorthand for a flawless, crime free, sunny place, framed as the inverse of doomer city memes like Ohio and Can't Have Shit In Detroit[5]. ### How do you use Cupertino? The common format pairs the iPhone's Cupertino weather screen with captions like 'Average X in Cupertino' or 'Cupertino residents waking up to another 70 degree day,' often using wholesome stock imagery[10]. ### Is Cupertino still popular? The format was still trending through summer 2025, with TikToks like @dihrubber4000's 'Worst civilian in Cupertino' pulling in over 257,000 likes in a week[4]. ## References 1. [https://x.com/OvOBrezzzy/status/1607559072928120833]() 2. [https://www.tiktok.com/@.semicolin/video/7470568992252366126]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cupertino]() 4. [https://www.tiktok.com/@dihrubber4000/video/7521053037331238175]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@probgrim/photo/7522280163212643615]() 6. [https://x.com/nicholasmegalis/status/445324866838093824]() 7. [https://x.com/autipulatious/status/1507787520448344068]() 8. [https://www.tiktok.com/@soupspamsoupspam/video/7129640512570674474]() 9. [https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelcoreas/video/7518888626051140895]() 10. [https://www.tiktok.com/@keaton.kitchen/video/7520738510161087774]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/cupertino Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library