Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.4697, -91.5110
- Elevation
- 225 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1312 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Iowa, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Dorchester, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dorchester, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dorchester, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:50 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 Iowa
- Des Moines 214 133
- Cedar Rapids 130 405
- Davenport 102 582
- Sioux City 82 821
- Iowa City 74 220
- Waterloo 68 460
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
- Eitzen — 5.8 km
- Bee — 5.9 km
- Quandahl — 8.0 km
- Wilmington — 8.9 km
- Hanover — 12.1 km
- Highlandville — 13.1 km
Dorchester: clock, sun and surroundings
Dorchester sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today's sunrise at Dorchester falls at 7:23 AM; sunset follows at 6:21 PM. Between them lie 10 h 58 min of daylight.
Clocks in Eitzen and Bee read the same as clocks in Dorchester.
The area of Dorchester is divided into 8 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Dorchester?
- The value associated with Dorchester is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Dorchester?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Dorchester.
- The sunset hour is 6:21 PM.