Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: England
• Level 2: Dorset
• Level 3: West Dorset District

Current local time in Dorchester:

05:14 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Dorchester on map:^[1]

Dorchester GPS coordinates^[2]

50° 43' 0.012" North, 2° 25' 59.988" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	51.15975°,	-3.13646°
Center:	50.71667°,	-2.43333°
Lower-right:	50.26937°,	-1.73021°
Map W x H:	99×99 km	= 61.5×61.5mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑96.4% North
Dorchester:	50.71667°
min Lat:	⇓3.6% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Dorchester	max Long
-7.64133°	-2.43333°	32.95536°
W 36.3%⇐		⇒63.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Dorchester is 55 m = 180 ft, and this is 17.9 m = 59 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	53.7%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Dorchester	55 m = 180 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	46.3%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Dorchester is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1762 km =1094.9 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Dorchester
North Pole	4367.9	2714.1	to North
Arctic Circle	1762	1094.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	3033.2	1884.7	to South
Equator	5639.2	3504	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Dorchester: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bere Regis 15.9 km =9.9 mi, 74°
• Bovington Camp 14.1 km =8.8 mi, 98°
• Cerne Abbas 10.7 km =6.6 mi, 343°
• Charminster 2.2 km =1.4 mi, 327°
• Chickerell 11.4 km =7.1 mi, 205°
• Fortuneswell 17.4 km =10.8 mi, 182°
• Maiden Newton 12 km =7.5 mi, 305°
• Milborne St Andrew 12.7 km =7.9 mi, 57°
• Overcombe 9.1 km =5.7 mi, 179°
• Portesham 10.5 km =6.5 mi, 240°
• Portland 16.6 km =10.3 mi, 182°
• Puddletown 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 57°
• Weymouth 11.5 km =7.1 mi, 189°
• Winterbourne Abbas 7.8 km =4.8 mi, 267°
• Wool 15.7 km =9.8 mi, 105°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Дорчестер
• In Chinese: 多爾切斯特