Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.9534, -82.4534
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1316 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Florida, United States
The time now in Dorchester, Florida, United States is shown here, following the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Dorchester, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dorchester, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 12:15 PM Sunset 5:41 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Dorchester right now
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Dorchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02121
- 02122
- 02125
- 08316
- 29437
- 52140
- 54425
- 68343
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 Florida
- Jacksonville 1 009 833
- Miami 487 014
- Tampa 414 547
- Orlando 334 854
- St. Petersburg 257 083
- Hialeah 237 069
Other places named Dorchester
- Dorchester Massachusetts, United States
- Dorchester England, United Kingdom
- Dorchester Ontario, Canada
- Dorchester Maryland, United States
- Dorchester New Brunswick, Canada
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Highburg — 0.8 km
- Ybor City — 2.2 km
- Harbor Homes — 2.2 km
- Gary — 2.5 km
- Harbourside At Harbour Island — 2.6 km
- Hagle — 3.3 km
About the time in Dorchester
Dorchester is split into 8 postal code areas.
The local zone in Dorchester is America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Today the day starts in Dorchester at 6:49 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:41 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 53 min.
Anyone in Highburg or Ybor City reads the same clock as Dorchester.
Questions and answers
- Can Dorchester's time zone be given as America/New_York?
- Yes, Dorchester's time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dorchester stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Dorchester: No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Dorchester?
- The sun is rising at 6:49 AM.