Local time · Columbia Heights
What time is it in Columbia Heights, Minnesota?
3:51:08AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 22,358
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Columbia Heights
Columbia Heights is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Columbia Heights sits at 45.05°N, 93.25°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Columbia Heights.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Columbia Heights it is highest at 11:57 am today — 3 minutes before clock noon.
At 93.2°W, Columbia Heights sits 13 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 13 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Columbia Heights today
- Sunrise
- 7:08 am
- Sunset
- 4:46 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 38 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 37 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 38 minutes in Columbia Heights, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 52 minutes, from 15 hours 37 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 45 minutes in December.
At 45.0°N that puts Columbia Heights between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.