Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.9686, -82.6174
- Elevation
- 200 m above sea level
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 652 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Michigan, United States
This is the current time in Thornton, Michigan, United States, shown for the America/Detroit time zone (−4).
Thornton, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Thornton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Thornton keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:15 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 7:32 AM – 6:59 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 Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
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 — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Goodells — 4.2 km
- Kimball — 5.0 km
- The Lakes Mobile Home Park — 5.4 km
- Somerset Meadows Mobile Home Park — 5.6 km
- Saint Clair County — 5.7 km
- Wales Center — 5.8 km
Thornton: clock, sun and surroundings
Thornton shares one clock with the nearby places Goodells and Kimball.
The postal system lists 11 codes for Thornton.
Local clocks in Thornton follow the America/Detroit zone, UTC−4. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
Sunrise at Thornton today happens at 8:01 AM, sunset at 6:30 PM. The two are 10 h 29 min apart.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Thornton?
- Thornton is covered by the America/Detroit time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Thornton adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Thornton?
- Local sunrise is 8:01 AM.