Daylight today
Columbus gets 10 hours 49 minutes of daylight today, 2 min 30 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 29 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 20 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Columbus apart
- The sun is highest at 1:31 PM on the longest day, 31 minutes after 1 PM, because Columbus sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Columbus sits at about the latitude of Beijing, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 41 min longer than its shortest: 15 h 1 min on the longest day against 9 h 20 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 7:25 AM, 28 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 7:09 PM, 28 minutes after it sets. That gives Columbus 11 hours 44 minutes of usable light today, against 10 h 49 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Columbus that takes sunset from 6:32 PM the day before to 5:31 PM, and sunrise from 8:00 AM to 7:02 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Columbus
In 2026 the days in Columbus bottom out at 9 h 20 min on December 22 and peak at 15 h 1 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on December 2) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on January 2, 2027).
Columbus's days run from 9 h 20 min to 15 h 1 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Columbus.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:23 AM | 7:53 AMfirst light 7:23 | 5:31 PMlast light 6:01 | 6:01 PM | 9 h 39 min |
| February | 6:58 AM | 7:26 AMfirst light 6:58 | 6:08 PMlast light 6:36 | 6:36 PM | 10 h 42 min |
| March | 7:18 AM | 7:44 AMfirst light 7:18 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:06 | 8:06 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 6:27 AM | 6:55 AMfirst light 6:27 | 8:10 PMlast light 8:38 | 8:38 PM | 13 h 15 min |
| May | 5:47 AM | 6:18 AMfirst light 5:47 | 8:41 PMlast light 9:11 | 9:11 PM | 14 h 23 min |
| June | 5:31 AM | 6:04 AMfirst light 5:31 | 9:03 PMlast light 9:36 | 9:36 PM | 15 h |
| July | 5:45 AM | 6:16 AMfirst light 5:45 | 9:01 PMlast light 9:32 | 9:32 PM | 14 h 44 min |
| August | 6:15 AM | 6:44 AMfirst light 6:15 | 8:30 PMlast light 8:59 | 8:59 PM | 13 h 46 min |
| September | 6:47 AM | 7:14 AMfirst light 6:47 | 7:43 PMlast light 8:10 | 8:10 PM | 12 h 29 min |
| October | 7:16 AM | 7:43 AMfirst light 7:16 | 6:54 PMlast light 7:21 | 7:21 PM | 11 h 11 min |
| November | 6:49 AM | 7:18 AMfirst light 6:49 | 5:17 PMlast light 5:46 | 5:46 PM | 9 h 59 min |
| December | 7:17 AM | 7:47 AMfirst light 7:17 | 5:09 PMlast light 5:39 | 5:39 PM | 9 h 21 min |
Nearby
- Cleveland, OH: 126 miles away, sunset today 6:34 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Detroit: 164 miles away, sunset today 6:38 PM.
- Indianapolis, IN: 168 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Louisville: 189 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.