Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8586, -93.8908
- Elevation
- 256 m above sea level
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1457 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, Missouri, United States
The local time of Columbus, Missouri, United States is presented here, in line with the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Columbus, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Columbus
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Columbus, Missouri.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:44 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 Missouri
- Kansas City 475 378
- St. Louis 279 695
- Springfield 170 188
- Kansas City 152 933
- Columbia 129 330
- Independence 117 255
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
- Greendoor — 6.9 km
- Pittsville — 8.7 km
- Robbins — 8.9 km
- Fayetteville — 11.9 km
- Lake Lafayette — 11.9 km
- Oakland (historical) — 12.7 km
Time and daylight in Columbus
Every address in Columbus sits within one of 12 postal codes.
In Columbus the time zone is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time used: No.
Sunrise for Columbus today is set at 6:44 AM, sunset at 5:17 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 33 min.
Anyone in Greendoor or Pittsville reads the same clock as Columbus.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Columbus observe?
- Columbus observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Does Columbus stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Columbus: No.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Columbus.
- They are 6:44 AM and 5:17 PM.