Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -32.7833, 151.6330
- Population
- 7 879
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 361 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, New South Wales, Australia
This page shows the current local time in Thornton, New South Wales, Australia, in the Australia/Sydney time zone (+11).
Thornton, Australia
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC+11 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Thornton
UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active
Thornton keeps Australia/Sydney clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:51 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 7:25 PM Daylight 13 h 34 min Night 10 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:25 AM – 7:52 PM
Weather in Thornton right now
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Thornton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2322
- 3712
- 4341
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 New South Wales
- Sydney 5 638 830
- Newcastle 508 437
- Central Coast 346 596
- Wollongong 280 153
- Maitland 89 597
- Coffs Harbour 78 759
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Same time zone — Australia/Sydney
- Sydney Australia
Nearby places
- Black Hill — 6.2 km
- Lenaghan — 6.5 km
- Hexham — 7.0 km
- Plattsburg — 8.1 km
- Stockrington — 8.7 km
- Fletcher — 9.9 km
Local time details for Thornton
3 postal codes are attached to Thornton.
Thornton reads its time from Australia/Sydney, placed at UTC+11. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Morning light reaches Thornton at 5:51 AM, and the sun sets at 7:25 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 13 h 34 min.
Thornton, Black Hill and Lenaghan all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Thornton?
- Choose Australia/Sydney for Thornton, with an offset of +11.
- Does Thornton follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Thornton?
- Daylight begins at 5:51 AM.