Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.9193, -104.9450
- Population
- 133 451
- Region
- Colorado
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2391 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Colorado, United States
On this page you will find the exact local time in Thornton, Colorado, United States, in the America/Denver time zone (−6).
Thornton, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Thornton
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Thornton keeps America/Denver time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:32 Solar noon 13:00 Sunset 19:29 Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 06:04 – 19:56
Weather in Thornton right now
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Thornton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03285
- 19373
- 26440
- 41855
- 50479
- 60476
- 71766
- 76687
- 80241
- 95686
- 99176
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 Colorado
- Denver 729 019
- Colorado Springs 456 568
- Aurora 359 407
- Fort Collins 170 924
- Lakewood 152 597
- Westminster 116 317
Other places named Thornton
- Thornton New South Wales, Australia
- Thornton Illinois, United States
- Thornton Scotland, United Kingdom
- Thornton New Hampshire, United States
- Thornton California, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Eastlake — 1.5 km
- Northglenn — 3.0 km
- Quimby — 5.1 km
- Westview — 5.7 km
- Hazeltine — 5.9 km
- Hazeltine Heights — 6.0 km
Local time details for Thornton
Today Thornton sees sunrise at 06:32, sunset at 19:29. Daylight comes out to 12 h 57 min.
The local time of Thornton is shared by neighbouring Northglenn and Brandywine.
11 postal codes are in use across Thornton.
Standard time in Thornton comes from America/Denver and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Thornton?
- Select America/Denver for Thornton; the offset is −6.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Thornton?
- Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Thornton — what times?
- 06:32 and 19:29.