Dorset in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.4682, -77.8053
- Elevation
- 97 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 172 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorset, Virginia, United States
Local time in Dorset, Virginia, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Dorset, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorset
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dorset.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 6:45 PM
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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Dorset
- Dorset Vermont, United States
- Dorset Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Dorset Ontario, Canada
- 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
- Clayville — 1.4 km
- Moseley — 2.5 km
- Genito — 4.8 km
- Pilkinton — 5.3 km
- Lilburn — 6.7 km
- Hallsboro — 7.4 km
Dorset: clock, sun and surroundings
Places close to Dorset, among them Clayville and Moseley, share its time.
Dorset spans 2 postal codes.
Dorset belongs to the America/New_York zone, placing local clocks at UTC−4. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:34 AM in Dorset and down again at 6:18 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 44 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Dorset?
- Dorset observes the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does the clock in Dorset stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Dorset: Yes.
- How early does the sun rise in Dorset?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:34 AM.