Columbus, Ohio, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -4 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -04:00) America/New_York |
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Columbus clocks, offsets and daylight saving
If you need the offset: Columbus is on EDT, 4 hours behind UTC, i.e. UTC-04:00. The matching IANA zone is America/New_York.
Daylight saving applies here. Clocks next move back 1 hour on Sunday, 01 November 2026, putting Columbus on EST and changing its gap to every other zone listed below.
Bear in mind United States spans 10 zones across the 419 cities we cover — checking a second city in the same country is often necessary.
How far ahead or behind is Columbus?
How Columbus lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Columbus is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Columbus is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Columbus is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Columbus is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Columbus is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Columbus is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Columbus is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Columbus is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Columbus is 1 hour behind |
Scheduling calls with Columbus
Usable call slots from Columbus, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Columbus | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Columbus | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Columbus | 3 hours overlap |
| Paris | 09:00–11:00 in Columbus | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Columbus's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on America/New_York alongside Columbus, including through any clock change.
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