Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dorchester, Massachusetts

Dorchester, Massachusetts sees the sun come up at 6:57 AM and go down at 6:02 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 04m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Dorchester falls at 12:30 PM.

Sitting at 42.30° latitude puts Dorchester in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 45 seconds. This is autumn in Dorchester, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Dorchester this evening is roughly 5:24 PM–6:20 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:20 PM to 6:30 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dorchester is at 6:00 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dorchester drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Dorchester, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Dorchester ranges from as early as 4:11 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:24 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 16m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 04m.