Columbia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1035, -85.3073
- Elevation
- 228 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 644
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 751 km away
- Same name
- 51 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbia, Kentucky, United States
This page carries the current local time for Columbia, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Columbia, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Columbia
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Columbia, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:42 AM – 5:10 PM
Weather in Columbia right now
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Columbia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06237
- 07832
- 17512
- 21044
- 21045
- 21046
- 23038
- 27925
- 29201
- 29202
- 29203
- 29204
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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named Columbia
- Columbia South Carolina, United States
- Columbia Missouri, United States
- Columbia Maryland, United States
- Columbia Tennessee, United States
- Columbia Ontario, Canada
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
- Green Hills — 2.1 km
- Adair County — 2.4 km
- Garlin — 5.0 km
- Bliss — 6.3 km
- Gadberry (historical) — 6.7 km
- Ozark — 7.3 km
Time and daylight in Columbia
Morning light reaches Columbia at 6:09 AM, and the sun sets at 4:43 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 35 min.
Set your clock for Columbia and it will also be right in Green Hills and Adair County.
Addressing within Columbia draws on 12 postal codes.
Clocks in Columbia take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Columbia?
- Columbia is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time applied in Columbia?
- No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Columbia.
- The sunrise hour is 6:09 AM.