United States
Time now in Columbus
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:10Sunset 07:47Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
4,991
Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
07:47
Day length
13h 37m
Coordinates
43.34, -89.03
Time difference from Columbus
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Columbus right now.
Columbus on the map
About the time in Columbus
The zone identifier America/Chicago is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Chicago keeps pointing at Chicago time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Columbus sits at latitude 43.34, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 37m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Columbus runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Columbus
- When do the sun rise and set in Columbus today?
- Sunrise is at 06:10 and sunset at 07:47, giving 13h 37m of daylight.
- What time is it in Columbus right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Columbus, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Columbus in?
- Columbus uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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