What time is it in Columbus, Ohio?

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 39.99°N, 82.99°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 Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Columbus it is highest at 1:23 pm today — 83 minutes after clock noon.

At 83.0°W, Columbus sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. 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 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 41 minutes, from 15 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 9 hours 20 minutes in December.

At 40.0°N that puts Columbus between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.