Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6472, -97.1134
- Elevation
- 452 m above sea level
- Population
- 576
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1723 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Nebraska, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Dorchester, Nebraska, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Dorchester, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Dorchester.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 12:13 PM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 5:48 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 Nebraska
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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Pleasant Hill — 7.2 km
- Camden (historical) — 12.1 km
- Crete — 13.0 km
- Saline County — 13.9 km
- Friend — 14.6 km
- Milford — 15.1 km
Dorchester: clock, sun and surroundings
Today's sun rises in Dorchester at 7:08 AM, then sets at 5:19 PM. The day offers 10 h 11 min of daylight.
Close by, Pleasant Hill and Camden (historical) keep time with Dorchester.
Mail delivery in Dorchester relies on 8 postal codes.
People in Dorchester keep America/Chicago, a zone offset of UTC−6. Seasonal time change: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Dorchester?
- The time zone label used for Dorchester is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Dorchester observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Dorchester: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Dorchester?
- Sunrise is at 7:08 AM and sunset at 5:19 PM.