Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2973, -71.0745
- Population
- 97 826
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 629 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
The local time in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−4) — is shown on this page.
Dorchester, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:41 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:10 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 Massachusetts
- Boston 653 833
- South Boston 571 281
- Worcester 206 518
- Springfield 154 341
- Lowell 110 699
- Cambridge 110 402
Other places named Dorchester
- Dorchester England, United Kingdom
- Dorchester Ontario, Canada
- Dorchester Maryland, United States
- 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
- Neponset — 2.7 km
- Roxbury — 3.5 km
- New Squantum — 3.9 km
- Roslindale — 4.2 km
- Montclair — 4.3 km
- North Quincy — 5.0 km
Local time details for Dorchester
Dorchester carries 8 postal codes.
Dorchester observes America/New_York time, currently expressed as UTC−4. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Daylight in Dorchester starts at 7:17 AM and ends at 5:41 PM today. It lasts 10 h 24 min.
Dorchester, Neponset and Roxbury all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Dorchester?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Dorchester, with an offset of −4.
- Does Dorchester shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Dorchester: Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Dorchester?
- 5:41 PM.