Dorset in numbers
- Coordinates
- 50.7500, -2.3333
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 176 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorset, England, United Kingdom
The page gives the present local time in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, whose time zone is Europe/London (+0).
Dorset, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Dorset
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Dorset.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 4:30 PM Daylight 9 h 12 min Night 14 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 5:06 PM
Weather in Dorset right now
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Dorset and its neighbours
Postal codes
- DT2 Puddletown — 1.2 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in England
- London 8 961 989
- Birmingham 1 157 603
- Manchester 568 996
- Sheffield 556 500
- Leeds 536 280
- Liverpool 496 770
Other places named Dorset
- Dorset Vermont, United States
- Dorset Virginia, United States
- Dorset Minnesota, United States
- Dorset Ohio, United States
- Dorset Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Woodsford — 4.1 km
- Hurst — 5.1 km
- Lower Bockhampton — 5.8 km
- Redbridge — 6.4 km
- Crossways — 6.5 km
- Silverlakes — 6.6 km
Dorset: clock, sun and surroundings
Clocks in Dorset take Europe/London as their zone, reading UTC+0. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Dorset has sunrise at 7:19 AM today and sunset at 4:30 PM. Light holds for 9 h 12 min.
Same time, different place: Woodsford and Hurst near Dorset.
Dorset is served by a set of 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Dorset?
- The time zone label used for Dorset is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Is summer time applied in Dorset?
- No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Dorset?
- The sun is setting at 4:30 PM.