Sunny Hours / Sunshine by US city / Columbus

Sunshine forecast for Columbus, OH

No real sun is forecast for the rest of today in Columbus. Tomorrow's best sun is from 3pm to 5pm. The sunniest day ahead is Saturday, with 10 sunny hours.

  • Best sun todayNone left today
  • Sunny hours today0
  • Sunrise7:43 am
  • Sunset6:50 pm
  • Daylight11h 7m
  • Evening golden hour6:15 pm to 7:00 pm
  • High and low71° / 51°

Sunny hours in Columbus over the next 10 days

Each square is one daylight hour. Orange means the sun should be out, pale yellow means some sun, and gray means mostly cloud. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.

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Mon, Oct 19
Tue, Oct 20
Wed, Oct 21
Thu, Oct 22
Fri, Oct 23
Sat, Oct 24
Sun, Oct 25
  • Sunny
  • Some sun
  • Mostly cloud
  • Dark

Day by day

DaySunny hoursBest windowSunriseSunsetHigh / low
Today0No clear window7:43 am6:50 pm71° / 51°
Sat, Oct 17103pm to 5pm7:44 am6:49 pm51° / 41°
Sun, Oct 18104pm to 6pm7:45 am6:47 pm61° / 35°
Mon, Oct 19101pm to 3pm7:46 am6:46 pm66° / 46°
Tue, Oct 201012pm to 2pm7:47 am6:44 pm68° / 47°
Wed, Oct 21101pm to 3pm7:48 am6:43 pm66° / 48°
Thu, Oct 22101pm to 3pm7:49 am6:42 pm68° / 48°
Fri, Oct 231011am to 1pm7:51 am6:40 pm73° / 53°
Sat, Oct 24101pm to 3pm7:52 am6:39 pm67° / 50°
Sun, Oct 251012pm to 2pm7:53 am6:38 pm69° / 50°

How to read this forecast

Most forecasts give each hour one symbol. In broken cloud that hides a lot: an hour with twenty minutes of direct sun is still drawn as a cloud. This page uses a sun score from 0 to 100 for every daylight hour instead. It combines how many minutes of direct sunshine the weather model expects in that hour with how much of the sky is covered by cloud. A sunny hour here is one that scores above 66.

The best window is the one or two hours in a row with the most sun, marked down for rain risk and strong wind. Evening golden hour is the stretch around sunset when the light is low and warm, which photographers like.

This page says when the sun will be out, not how strong it is. For that, see the UV index in Columbus.

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Forecast for Columbus, Ohio. Updated October 16 at 6:29 PM. Weather data by Open-Meteo.