Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -37.9167, 176.8670
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 415 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
This page shows the time of day in Thornton, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand as it stands now, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Thornton, New Zealand
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Thornton
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Thornton keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:26 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 7:32 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 7:59 PM
Weather in Thornton right now
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Thornton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3160 Edgecumbe — 8.0 km away
- 3193 Edgecumbe — 8.0 km away
- 3194 Awakaponga — 9.0 km away
- 3168 Matata — 10.9 km away
- 3158 Whakatane — 11.4 km away
- 3120 Poroporo — 11.5 km away
- 3159 Poroporo — 11.5 km away
- 3166 Katikati — 13.8 km away
- 3167 Te Teko — 14.8 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 Bay of Plenty
Other places named Thornton
- Thornton Colorado, United States
- Thornton New South Wales, Australia
- Thornton Illinois, United States
- Thornton Scotland, United Kingdom
- Thornton New Hampshire, United States
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Edgecumbe — 8.0 km
- Awakaponga — 9.0 km
- Awakeri — 9.7 km
- Matata — 10.9 km
- Whakatane — 11.3 km
- Otakiri — 11.5 km
Thornton: clock, sun and surroundings
Today in Thornton, daylight opens at 6:26 AM and closes at 7:32 PM. That span measures 13 h 05 min.
Nearby places like Edgecumbe and Awakaponga are on Thornton time.
Within Thornton, postal codes number 9.
Thornton reads its time from Pacific/Auckland, placed at UTC+13. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Thornton?
- The time zone designation for Thornton is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Thornton?
- Yes.
- Sunrise in Thornton is at what time?
- At 6:26 AM.