Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.7582, -86.7533
- Elevation
- 140 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1040 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, Alabama, United States
The current hour and minute in Columbus, Alabama, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Columbus, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Columbus
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Columbus keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 12:32 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 6:28 PM
Weather in Columbus right now
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Columbus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08022
- 16405
- 28722
- 31901
- 31902
- 31903
- 31904
- 31906
- 31907
- 31908
- 31909
- 31914
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Alabama
- Huntsville 215 006
- Birmingham 196 357
- Montgomery 195 287
- Mobile 183 289
- Tuscaloosa 111 338
- Hoover 84 848
Other places named Columbus
- Columbus Ohio, United States
- Columbus Georgia, United States
- Columbus Indiana, United States
- Columbus Mississippi, United States
- Columbus Nebraska, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Bradford — 4.6 km
- Kimberly — 5.9 km
- Seloca — 7.7 km
- County Line — 7.7 km
- Coaldale — 8.4 km
- Kiowa — 9.2 km
Time and daylight in Columbus
12 postal codes serve Columbus.
The local zone in Columbus is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Columbus at 7:02 AM and fades after 6:02 PM today. The span is 11 h 00 min.
For nearby Bradford and Kimberly, use the time shown for Columbus.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Columbus?
- Columbus is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time used in Columbus?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Columbus?
- At 6:02 PM.