Dorchester South in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2824, -71.0680
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 629 km away
What time is it in Dorchester South, Massachusetts, United States
Get the current local time in Dorchester South, Massachusetts, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Dorchester South, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester South
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Dorchester South keeps America/New_York clock_time.
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 South right now
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Dorchester South and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02124 Dorchester Center — 1.1 km away
- 02125 Dorchester — 1.7 km away
- 02122 Dorchester — 1.7 km away
- 02121 Dorchester — 1.7 km away
- 02187 Milton Village — 1.8 km away
- 02126 Mattapan — 2.3 km away
- 02186 Milton — 3.3 km away
- 02171 Quincy — 3.6 km away
- 02170 Quincy — 4.4 km away
- 02130 Jamaica Plain — 4.9 km away
- 02131 Roslindale — 5.1 km away
- 02119 Roxbury — 5.3 km away
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 — 1.7 km
- Neponset — 1.9 km
- Montclair — 3.0 km
- East Milton — 3.4 km
- New Squantum — 3.6 km
- North Quincy — 4.0 km
Time and daylight in Dorchester South
Postal codes assigned across Dorchester South total 12.
Clocks in Dorchester South take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today at Dorchester South, the sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets at 4:36 PM. That gives 10 h 14 min of daylight.
No adjustment is needed moving between Dorchester South, Dorchester and Neponset.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Dorchester South?
- The time zone used in Dorchester South is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Dorchester South?
- No.
- What time does the sun set in Dorchester South?
- The sun sets in Dorchester South at 4:36 PM.