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Time in Columbus, Ohio, United States now

02:13:18AM

Thursday, 5 March, 2026, week 10

Columbus switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:59AM ↓ 06:28PM (11h 30m) - More info - Make Columbus time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Columbus

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for Columbus is America/New_York.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Columbus

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Columbus

Sunrise: 06:59AM
Sunset: 06:28PM
Day length: 11h 30m
Solar noon: 12:43PM
The current local time in Columbus is 43 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Columbus on the map

Location: Ohio, United States
Latitude: 39.96. Longitude: -83.00
Population: 913,000
Elevation: 240 m

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Best restaurants in Columbus

#1 Sumac Mediterranean Grill - Mediterranean and vegetarian options food
#2 The Little Grand Market - Cocktail bars and vegetarian options food
#3 The Original Pancake House

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