Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.7595, -89.1035
- Elevation
- 140 m above sea level
- Population
- 160
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1085 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, Kentucky, United States
Below is the local time in Columbus, Kentucky, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Columbus, United States
Saturday, 31 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 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:29 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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
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
- South Columbus — 2.0 km
- Belmont (historical) — 2.2 km
- Bluff — 3.4 km
- Berkley — 5.3 km
- Crosno — 7.8 km
- Tar Heel — 8.3 km
About the time in Columbus
Columbus carries 12 postal codes.
The zone applied in Columbus is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun rises over Columbus today at 7:20 AM and slips away at 6:02 PM. That leaves 10 h 42 min of daylight.
Neighbours of Columbus such as South Columbus and Belmont (historical) share its clock.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Columbus follow?
- Columbus follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time used in Columbus?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Columbus?
- The sun sets in Columbus at 6:02 PM.