Dortches in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0113, -77.8575
- Elevation
- 60 m above sea level
- Population
- 930
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 329 km away
What time is it in Dortches, North Carolina, United States
Watch the current local time in Dortches, North Carolina, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Dortches, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dortches
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Dortches keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Dortches right now
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Dortches and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27804 Rocky Mount — 2.5 km away
- 27868 Red Oak — 6.9 km away
- 27856 Nashville — 9.7 km away
- 27803 Rocky Mount — 9.9 km away
- 27802 Rocky Mount — 10.9 km away
- 27801 Rocky Mount — 11.6 km away
- 27815 Rocky Mount — 13.9 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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
- Forest Oaks — 2.9 km
- Drake — 4.7 km
- High Meadows — 4.8 km
- Brook Valley Trailer Park — 4.8 km
- Little Easonburg — 5.2 km
- Red Oak — 5.3 km
Dortches: clock, sun and surroundings
Dortches has 7 postal codes in total.
People in Dortches keep America/New_York, a zone offset of UTC−4. Seasonal time change: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:20 AM in Dortches today and sunset at 6:36 PM. That marks 11 h 16 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Forest Oaks and Drake keep the same hours as Dortches.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Dortches?
- In Dortches, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Dortches?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Dortches?
- The sun sets in Dortches at 6:36 PM.