Dover in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8859, -74.5597
- Population
- 18 346
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 306 km away
- Same name
- 55 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dover, New Jersey, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Dover, New Jersey, United States now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Dover, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dover
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dover, New Jersey.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 9 h 59 min Night 14 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:13 PM
Weather in Dover right now
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Dover and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02030
- 03820
- 03821
- 03822
- 07801
- 07802
- 17315
- 19901
- 19903
- 19904
- 19905
- 19906
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 New Jersey
Other places named Dover
- Dover England, United Kingdom
- Dover Delaware, United States
- Dover New Hampshire, United States
- Dover Ohio, United States
- Dover Alberta, Canada
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
- Morris County — 3.0 km
- Hilltown — 4.0 km
- Kenvil — 5.0 km
- Berkshire Valley — 5.6 km
- Denville — 7.0 km
- Borough Of Mount Arlington — 7.6 km
Local time details for Dover
Daylight in Dover today runs from 6:44 AM to 4:43 PM. The stretch measures 9 h 59 min.
Check Dover and you have also checked Morris County and Hilltown.
The postal system lists 12 codes for Dover.
Dover sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Dover observe?
- Dover observes America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Does the local time in Dover change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What is the sunrise time for Dover?
- 6:44 AM.