Dorcas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9390, -79.1061
- Elevation
- 324 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 179 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dorcas, West Virginia, United States
This page carries the current local time for Dorcas, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Dorcas, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dorcas
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dorcas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:14 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Dorcas right now
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Dorcas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26847 Petersburg — 6.1 km away
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 West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
Other places named Dorcas
- Dorcas Aruba, Aruba
- Dorcas Florida, United States
- Dorcas Ohio, United States
- Dorcas St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
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
- Hiser (historical) — 2.7 km
- Masonville — 3.0 km
- Rough Run — 5.0 km
- Petersburg — 6.2 km
- Town Hill — 7.4 km
- Pansy — 7.5 km
Time and daylight in Dorcas
Postal numbering in Dorcas covers 1 codes.
Dorcas stands in America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
The sun rises today at 7:41 AM in Dorcas and sets at 6:21 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 40 min.
Check Dorcas and you have also checked Hiser (historical) and Masonville.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Dorcas follow?
- Dorcas follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Dorcas?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Dorcas?
- Today the sun sets at 6:21 PM.