Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0856, -89.8876
- Elevation
- 200 m above sea level
- Population
- 146
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1110 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Illinois, United States
The reading below is the local time in Dorchester, Illinois, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Dorchester, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dorchester, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 21 min Night 13 h 39 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 5:23 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 Illinois
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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Baylestown — 1.0 km
- Wilsonville — 3.2 km
- Millville — 5.3 km
- Mount Clare — 5.5 km
- Royal Lakes — 6.9 km
- Sawyerville — 7.0 km
About the time in Dorchester
Baylestown and Wilsonville are near Dorchester and do not differ from it in time.
Every address in Dorchester sits within one of 8 postal codes.
Clocks in Dorchester take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sky over Dorchester lightens at 6:34 AM and the sun sets at 4:55 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 21 min today.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Dorchester listed?
- The time zone in Dorchester is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Dorchester run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Dorchester: No.
- What time will the sun rise in Dorchester today?
- Today it rises at 6:34 AM.