Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.7760, -93.8171
- Elevation
- 133 m above sea level
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1604 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, Arkansas, United States
This page shows the time of day in Columbus, Arkansas, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Columbus, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Columbus
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Columbus keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:47 PM
Weather in Columbus right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
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 Arkansas
- Little Rock 202 591
- Fort Smith 88 194
- Fayetteville 82 830
- Springdale 77 859
- Jonesboro 73 907
- North Little Rock 66 504
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
- Schooley — 5.5 km
- Yancy — 6.5 km
- Allbrook — 7.1 km
- Academy (historical) — 8.2 km
- Saratoga — 8.4 km
- Tollette — 8.6 km
Columbus: clock, sun and surroundings
12 codes are used to address mail in Columbus.
The time zone assigned to Columbus is America/Chicago, held at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today's sun rises in Columbus at 6:39 AM, then sets at 5:21 PM. The day offers 10 h 42 min of daylight.
You will find the same time in Schooley and Yancy, both near Columbus.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Columbus uses?
- Columbus uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Columbus?
- Daylight saving time in Columbus: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Columbus?
- Sunrise is at 6:39 AM and sunset at 5:21 PM.