Dorset in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.2548, -73.0987
- Elevation
- 292 m above sea level
- Population
- 249
- Region
- Vermont
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 586 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorset, Vermont, United States
The local time in Dorset, Vermont, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−4) — is shown on this page.
Dorset, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorset
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Dorset keeps America/New_York time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:21 Solar noon 12:53 Sunset 19:25 Daylight 13 h 04 min Night 10 h 56 min Civil twilight 05:52 – 19:54
Weather in Dorset right now
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Dorset and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05251
- 44032
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 Vermont
- Burlington 42 452
- South Burlington 18 791
- Colchester 16 986
- Rutland 15 824
- Essex Junction 10 111
- Hartford 9 779
Other places named Dorset
- Dorset Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Dorset Ontario, Canada
- Dorset Virginia, United States
- Dorset Minnesota, United States
- Dorset 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
- East Rupert — 3.0 km
- South Dorset — 4.1 km
- North Rupert — 6.3 km
- Freedleyville — 7.4 km
- East Dorset — 7.4 km
- Beartown — 7.6 km
About the time in Dorset
East Rupert and South Dorset sit close to Dorset and run on the same clock.
2 postal codes serve Dorset.
Local time in Dorset comes from the America/New_York zone, UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Daylight in Dorset today runs from 06:21 to 19:25. The stretch measures 13 h 04 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Dorset?
- America/New_York corresponds to Dorset and has an offset of −4.
- Does Dorset adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Dorset?
- It disappears at 19:25.