Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.3318, -76.6863
- Population
- 1 565
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 57 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Maryland, United States
On this page the local time of Dorchester, Maryland, United States is updated live, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Dorchester, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Dorchester keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 6:36 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 New Brunswick, Canada
- Dorchester Wisconsin, United States
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
- West Arlington — 0.9 km
- Wetheredsville — 2.3 km
- Walbrook — 2.8 km
- West Glen — 3.8 km
- Villa Nova — 4.6 km
- Willow Glen — 4.9 km
Local time details for Dorchester
Postal coverage of Dorchester comes to 8 codes.
Time zone for Dorchester: America/New_York, running at UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Sun-up in Dorchester is 7:35 AM today and sun-down is 6:08 PM. That gap holds 10 h 34 min of daylight.
Nearby places like West Arlington and Wetheredsville are on Dorchester time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Dorchester?
- The time zone assigned to Dorchester is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Dorchester?
- Daylight saving time in Dorchester: Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Dorchester.
- The sun rises at 7:35 AM.