Dorchester Center in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2918, -71.0717
- Elevation
- 28 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 629 km away
What time is it in Dorchester Center, Massachusetts, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Dorchester Center, Massachusetts, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Dorchester Center, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester Center
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dorchester Center, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 4:36 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:05 PM
Weather in Dorchester Center right now
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Dorchester Center and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02124
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
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
- Dorchester — 0.7 km
- Neponset — 2.3 km
- New Squantum — 3.7 km
- Montclair — 3.8 km
- Roxbury — 4.2 km
- Roslindale — 4.3 km
Time and daylight in Dorchester Center
Hours in Dorchester Center are kept by America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:22 AM today in Dorchester Center, with the sun setting at 4:36 PM. That leaves 10 h 14 min of light.
Dorchester and Neponset sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Dorchester Center.
Dorchester Center is served by a set of 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Dorchester Center?
- The time zone name for Dorchester Center is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dorchester Center stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Dorchester Center: No.
- What is the sunrise time for Dorchester Center?
- 6:22 AM.