diff --git a/gcp/lib/gcp.dart b/gcp/lib/gcp.dart
index 2cf95e87..dd499b39 100644
--- a/gcp/lib/gcp.dart
+++ b/gcp/lib/gcp.dart
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ export 'src/gcp_project.dart'
         gcpProjectIdEnvironmentVariables,
         projectIdFromEnvironment,
         projectIdFromMetadataServer;
+export 'src/gpc_region.dart'
+    show
+        computeRegion,
+        gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables,
+        regionFromEnvironment,
+        regionFromMetadataServer;
 export 'src/log_severity.dart' show LogSeverity, RequestLogger;
 export 'src/logging.dart'
     show
diff --git a/gcp/lib/src/gpc_region.dart b/gcp/lib/src/gpc_region.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64c36660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcp/lib/src/gpc_region.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+
+import 'bad_configuration_exception.dart';
+
+/// A convenience wrapper that first tries [regionFromEnvironment]
+/// then (if the value is `null`) tries [regionFromMetadataServer]
+///
+/// Like [regionFromMetadataServer], if no value is found, a
+/// [BadConfigurationException] is thrown.
+Future<String> computeRegion() async {
+  final localValue = regionFromEnvironment();
+  if (localValue != null) {
+    return localValue;
+  }
+  final result = await regionFromMetadataServer();
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+/// Returns the
+/// [Region](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones#identifying_a_region_or_zone)
+/// for the current instance by checking the environment variables
+/// in [gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables].
+///
+/// The list is checked in order. This is useful for local development.
+///
+/// If no matching variable is found, `null` is returned.
+String? regionFromEnvironment() {
+  for (var envKey in gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables) {
+    final value = Platform.environment[envKey];
+    if (value != null) return value;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+/// Returns a [Future] that completes with the
+/// [Region](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones#identifying_a_region_or_zone)
+/// for the current instance by checking
+/// [instance metadata](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata/default-metadata-values#vm_instance_metadata).
+///
+/// If the metadata server cannot be contacted, a [BadConfigurationException] is
+/// thrown.
+Future<String> regionFromMetadataServer() async {
+  const host = 'http://metadata.google.internal/';
+  final url = Uri.parse('$host/computeMetadata/v1/instance/region');
+
+  try {
+    final response = await http.get(
+      url,
+      headers: {'Metadata-Flavor': 'Google'},
+    );
+
+    if (response.statusCode != 200) {
+      throw HttpException(
+        '${response.body} (${response.statusCode})',
+        uri: url,
+      );
+    }
+
+    return response.body;
+  } on SocketException catch (e) {
+    throw BadConfigurationException(
+      '''
+Could not connect to $host.
+If not running on Google Cloud, one of these environment variables must be set
+to the target region:
+${gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables.join('\n')}
+''',
+      details: e.toString(),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// A set of typical environment variables that are likely to represent the
+/// current Google Cloud instance region.
+///
+/// For context, see:
+/// * https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/env-var
+/// * https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gcloud-compute#default_project
+/// * https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/gcp-auth-webhook/blob/08136ca171fe5713cc70ef822c911fbd3a1707f5/server.go#L38-L44
+///
+/// Note: these are ordered starting from the most current/canonical to least.
+/// (At least as could be determined at the time of writing.)
+const gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables = {
+  'FUNCTION_REGION',
+  'CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION',
+};
diff --git a/gcp/test/gcp_test.dart b/gcp/test/gcp_test.dart
index f8ac2ed9..5de0a485 100644
--- a/gcp/test/gcp_test.dart
+++ b/gcp/test/gcp_test.dart
@@ -131,6 +131,38 @@ void main() {
       });
     },
   );
+
+  group('currentRegion', () {
+    const regionPrint = 'test/src/region_print.dart';
+
+    test('not environment', () async {
+      final proc = await _run(regionPrint);
+
+      final errorOut = await proc.stderrStream().toList();
+
+      await expectLater(
+        errorOut,
+        containsAll(gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables),
+      );
+      await expectLater(proc.stdout, emitsDone);
+
+      await proc.shouldExit(255);
+    });
+
+    test('environment set', () async {
+      final proc = await _run(
+        regionPrint,
+        environment: {gcpRegionEnvironmentVariables.first: 'us-central1'},
+      );
+
+      await expectLater(proc.stdout, emits('us-central1'));
+      await expectLater(proc.stderr, emitsDone);
+
+      await proc.shouldExit(0);
+    });
+
+    // TODO: worth emulating the metadata server?
+  });
 }
 
 Future<TestProcess> _run(
diff --git a/gcp/test/src/region_print.dart b/gcp/test/src/region_print.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1106e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcp/test/src/region_print.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+import 'package:gcp/gcp.dart';
+
+Future<void> main() async {
+  print(await computeRegion());
+}