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
This is a live clock for Thornton, Colorado, United States, showing local time in the America/Denver zone (−7).
Thornton, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−7 · America/Denver
Local time in Thornton
UTC−7 · no daylight saving time
Thornton keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:53 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 5:21 PM
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
Records show 11 postal codes for Thornton.
Standard time in Thornton comes from America/Denver and equals UTC−7. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises today at 6:37 AM in Thornton and sets at 4:53 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 16 min.
Thornton and nearby Eastlake and Northglenn are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Thornton?
- Select America/Denver for Thornton; the offset is −7.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Thornton?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Thornton — what times?
- 6:37 AM and 4:53 PM.