United States · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Columbus, United States runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Columbus and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Columbus lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Columbus and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Columbus lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Columbus and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Columbus.
Practical Info
Columbus (United States) is home to roughly 905K people. Today brings about 15.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 21:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 40° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/New_York
Coordinates
39.96°N, 83.00°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Ohio State enrols around 60,000 students on its Columbus campus, among the largest single-campus enrolments in the United States. Its stadium seats over 100,000, which on autumn Saturdays makes it one of Ohio's larger population centres.
The clock: Columbus keeps Eastern Time and sits almost exactly at the geographic centre of the state.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap