Columbia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.0007, -81.0348
- Population
- 142 416
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 651 km away
- Same name
- 51 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Look up the current time in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−4).
Columbia, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Columbia
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Columbia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:34 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 7:00 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 South Carolina
- Charleston 132 609
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
- Summerville 48 848
Other places named Columbia
- Columbia Missouri, United States
- Columbia Maryland, United States
- Columbia Tennessee, United States
- Columbia Ontario, Canada
- Columbia Pennsylvania, 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
- Allen Benedict Court — 2.0 km
- Olympia — 2.7 km
- South Carolina — 3.2 km
- West Columbia — 3.7 km
- Eau Claire — 3.9 km
- Happytown — 4.9 km
Time and daylight in Columbia
Columbia spans 12 postal codes.
The time standard for Columbia is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Columbia at 7:44 AM and sets at 6:34 PM. That is 10 h 50 min of daylight in all.
Around Columbia, places such as Allen Benedict Court and Olympia use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Columbia?
- In Columbia, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks change in Columbia during the year?
- Daylight saving in Columbia: Yes.
- What time is first light in Columbia?
- The sun rises at 7:44 AM.