Columbus
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About
Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 905,748 at the 2020 census, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., second-most populous city in the Midwest, and third-most populous U.S. state capital. The Columbus metropolitan area, with an estimated 2.23 million residents, is the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio.
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The next week in Columbus
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
23° / 5°
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
29° / 13°
1.1 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
28° / 15°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
30° / 18°
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
31° / 20°
UV High
Wed
Showers
23° / 14°
3.9 mm
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / -4°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.4h
06:17 – 20:38local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Columbus
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) at 10 km.
Getting around Columbus
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, The original uploader was Alex43223 at Wikimedia Commons..
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.