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
See the local time in Thornton, New South Wales, Australia right now, measured in the Australia/Sydney time zone (+10).
Thornton, Australia
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+10 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Thornton
UTC+10 · no daylight saving time
Thornton keeps Australia/Sydney time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:09 Solar noon 11:54 Sunset 17:39 Daylight 11 h 30 min Night 12 h 30 min Civil twilight 05:45 – 18:04
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
Other places named Thornton
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- Thornton Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Thornton California, United States
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
Close by, Beresfield and Chisholm keep time with Thornton.
3 postal codes correspond to Thornton.
Thornton reads its time from Australia/Sydney, placed at UTC+10. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
At Thornton the sun clears the horizon at 06:09 and sinks again at 17:39. The gap between them is 11 h 30 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Thornton?
- Choose Australia/Sydney for Thornton, with an offset of +10.
- Does Thornton follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Thornton?
- Daylight begins at 06:09.