Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1692, -94.8441
- Elevation
- 278 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 146
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1569 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, Kansas, United States
What follows is the current local time in Columbus, Kansas, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Columbus, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Columbus
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Columbus, Kansas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:28 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 7:14 AM – 6:54 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 Kansas
- Wichita 396 119
- Overland Park 186 515
- Kansas City 152 933
- Olathe 134 305
- Topeka 125 963
- Lawrence 93 917
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
- Cherokee County — 0.2 km
- Stippville — 5.9 km
- Turck — 6.9 km
- Skidmore — 8.0 km
- Quaker — 8.6 km
- Neutral — 9.1 km
About the time in Columbus
Columbus takes in 12 postal codes.
Columbus keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time Yes.
Sunlight reaches Columbus at 7:41 AM and fades after 6:28 PM today. The span is 10 h 47 min.
Near Columbus you can add Cherokee County and Stippville, both on the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Columbus?
- The time zone local to Columbus is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Columbus go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Columbus?
- 6:28 PM marks sunset.