Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5681, -87.6081
- Elevation
- 182 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 492
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 945 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Illinois, United States
Find out what time it is now in Thornton, Illinois, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−5).
Thornton, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Thornton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Thornton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:26 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 Illinois
Other places named Thornton
- Thornton Colorado, United States
- Thornton New South Wales, Australia
- Thornton Scotland, United Kingdom
- Thornton New Hampshire, United States
- Thornton California, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Glenwood — 2.9 km
- South Holland — 3.6 km
- Holbrook — 4.1 km
- Oakglen — 4.2 km
- South Harvey — 4.8 km
- Homewood — 4.9 km
Thornton: clock, sun and surroundings
11 postal codes correspond to Thornton.
In Thornton the time zone is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time used: Yes.
Look for sunrise at 7:14 AM and sunset at 5:58 PM in Thornton today. The day carries 10 h 44 min of light.
There is no time difference between Thornton and nearby Glenwood or South Holland.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Thornton in for local time?
- For local time, Thornton is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Thornton vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Thornton: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Thornton?
- Today the sun sets at 5:58 PM.