Local time · Columbus
What time is it in Columbus, Georgia?
4:49:29AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 201,830
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Columbus
Columbus is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Columbus sits at 32.51°N, 84.87°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Columbus.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Columbus it is highest at 12:23 pm today — 23 minutes after clock noon.
At 84.9°W, Columbus sits 39 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 39 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Columbus today
- Sunrise
- 7:07 am
- Sunset
- 5:39 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 32 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 17 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 32 minutes in Columbus, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 17 minutes, from 14 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 1 minute in December.
At 32.5°N that puts Columbus between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.