Dover in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3029, -81.5734
- Elevation
- 249 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 567 km away
- Same name
- 55 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dover, North Carolina, United States
The current local time in Dover, North Carolina, United States — time zone America/New_York (−4) — is shown right here.
Dover, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dover
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dover.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:52 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 7:17 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 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 Dover
- Dover England, United Kingdom
- Dover Delaware, United States
- Dover New Hampshire, United States
- Dover New Jersey, United States
- Dover Ohio, United States
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
- Ora — 1.0 km
- Kenmon Apartments — 1.9 km
- Carosel Apartments — 2.0 km
- Kingswood Apartments — 3.1 km
- Lake Street Apartments — 3.3 km
- Crestmont Heights — 3.3 km
About the time in Dover
Time in Ora and Kenmon Apartments, both close to Dover, runs the same.
12 codes are used to address mail in Dover.
The offset in Dover is UTC−4, under the America/New_York time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today, Dover has first light at 7:34 AM and last light at 6:52 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 17 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Dover?
- The time zone that applies to Dover is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Dover?
- Daylight saving time in Dover: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Dover?
- Sunrise is at 7:34 AM and sunset at 6:52 PM.