Columbus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2532, -82.1971
- Elevation
- 336 m above sea level
- Population
- 994
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 611 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbus, North Carolina, United States
Look up the current time in Columbus, North Carolina, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−5).
Columbus, United States
Sunday, 8 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 6:58 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 5:29 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 5:56 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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
- Stearns — 2.8 km
- Polk County — 3.8 km
- Lynn — 4.4 km
- Burnt Chimney Corner — 5.2 km
- Peniel — 5.7 km
- Mill Spring — 5.9 km
Time and daylight in Columbus
Both Stearns and Polk County are near Columbus and keep its time.
Coverage of Columbus by postal code amounts to 12 entries.
Columbus runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
In Columbus, first light arrives at 6:58 AM and the sun goes down at 5:29 PM. The day holds 10 h 31 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Columbus?
- The designation used for Columbus is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Columbus?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Columbus?
- At 6:58 AM.