Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.9881, -91.1468
- Elevation
- 220 m above sea level
- Population
- 99
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1216 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, Illinois, United States
Get the current local time in Columbus, Illinois, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Columbus, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Columbus
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Columbus, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 6:38 PM
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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 Illinois
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
- Adams County — 3.6 km
- Coatsburg — 5.1 km
- Paloma — 5.6 km
- Camp Point — 8.7 km
- Fowler — 9.8 km
- Liberty — 12.5 km
About the time in Columbus
Columbus spans 12 postal codes.
Columbus falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise for Columbus today is set at 7:29 AM, sunset at 6:10 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 41 min.
Nearby places that share Columbus's clock include Adams County and Coatsburg.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Columbus?
- The time zone that applies to Columbus is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Columbus take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Columbus: Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Columbus.
- The sunrise hour is 7:29 AM.