Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6840, -75.3727
- Elevation
- 395 m above sea level
- Population
- 947
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 444 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, New York, United States
Local time in Columbus, New York, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Columbus, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Columbus
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Columbus.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 4:49 PM Daylight 10 h 05 min Night 13 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:18 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 New York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
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/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- South Edmeston — 4.5 km
- Columbus Quarter — 5.4 km
- Button City — 5.7 km
- Five Corners — 5.8 km
- Tallette — 7.0 km
- Sweets — 7.1 km
About the time in Columbus
Every address in Columbus sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Columbus follows America/New_York, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Today Columbus sees sunrise at 6:44 AM, sunset at 4:49 PM. Daylight comes out to 10 h 05 min.
South Edmeston and Columbus Quarter sit close to Columbus and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- Can Columbus's time zone be given as America/New_York?
- Yes, Columbus's time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Columbus apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Columbus?
- Sunset there is at 4:49 PM.