Dorchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.4674, -77.4747
- Elevation
- 55 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 163 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorchester, Virginia, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Dorchester, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Dorchester, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorchester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dorchester, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 20 min Night 13 h 40 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:32 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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
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
- Bensley — 3.6 km
- Bensley Village — 4.3 km
- Beulah — 4.8 km
- Fairpines — 5.0 km
- Beulah Village — 5.7 km
- Bellwood — 6.0 km
About the time in Dorchester
The clock standard in Dorchester is America/New_York, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: No.
The sun is up at 6:45 AM in Dorchester and down again at 5:05 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 20 min of daylight.
The hour in Dorchester is the hour in Bensley and Bensley Village as well.
Dorchester works with 8 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Dorchester?
- America/New_York corresponds to Dorchester and has an offset of −5.
- Is the local clock in Dorchester affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Dorchester — what times?
- 6:45 AM and 5:05 PM.