Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.8496, -79.9881
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 723 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, South Carolina, United States
Look up the current time in Dorchester, South Carolina, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−4).
Dorchester, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dorchester, South Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 7:03 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 South Carolina
- Columbia 142 416
- Charleston 132 609
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
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
- Charles Towne Village — 6.8 km
- Avondale — 6.8 km
- Oak Forest — 7.1 km
- Ashley Forest — 7.2 km
- Gadsden Green Homes — 7.4 km
- Moreland — 7.5 km
About the time in Dorchester
Every address in Dorchester sits within one of 8 postal codes.
Local timekeeping in Dorchester uses America/New_York, equal to UTC−4. Summer clock change: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Dorchester at 7:32 AM and fades after 6:38 PM today. The span is 11 h 06 min.
The same local time applies in Dorchester, Avondale and Charles Towne Village.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Dorchester?
- The time zone label used for Dorchester is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Dorchester adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Dorchester today?
- Today it rises at 7:32 AM.