What time is it in Columbus, Mississippi?

Columbus is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Columbus sits at 33.51°N, 88.41°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Columbus.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Columbus it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.

At 88.4°W, Columbus sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Columbus, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 27 minutes, from 14 hours 23 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 56 minutes in December.

At 33.5°N that puts Columbus between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.