Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1587, -80.3892
- Elevation
- 267 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 424 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, North Carolina, United States
Local time right now in Dorchester, North Carolina, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Dorchester, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Dorchester keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 12:06 PM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 5:51 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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/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
- Hunters Trace — 1.6 km
- Pfafftown — 2.5 km
- Vienna — 2.6 km
- Seward — 3.6 km
- Dozier — 4.0 km
- Cutters Creek — 4.5 km
Dorchester: clock, sun and surroundings
The full list of postal codes for Dorchester runs to 8.
Dorchester tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The horizon brightens over Dorchester at 6:48 AM, and the sun sets at 5:24 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 36 min.
Both Hunters Trace and Pfafftown are near Dorchester and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Dorchester?
- The value associated with Dorchester is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Dorchester?
- No.
- What is the sunrise time for Dorchester?
- 6:48 AM.