Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.6182, -76.9433
- Elevation
- 65 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 32 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Maryland, United States
See what time it currently is in Dorchester, Maryland, United States — the time zone there is America/New_York (−5).
Dorchester, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dorchester, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:30 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 Maryland
- Baltimore 585 708
- Columbia 99 615
- Germantown 86 395
- Silver Spring 71 452
- Frederick 69 479
- Waldorf 67 752
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
- Beantown — 0.4 km
- Westlake Village — 0.8 km
- Waldorf — 0.8 km
- Deerwood — 1.9 km
- Carrington — 2.7 km
- Ashford — 2.8 km
Dorchester: clock, sun and surroundings
8 postal codes have been allocated to Dorchester.
Dorchester carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
Sunrise at Dorchester today happens at 6:43 AM, sunset at 5:02 PM. The two are 10 h 19 min apart.
For Beantown and Waldorf near Dorchester, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Dorchester?
- Yes, Dorchester uses America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Does Dorchester change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Dorchester: No.
- How early does the sun rise in Dorchester?
- The first sunlight comes at 6:43 AM.