Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.0793, -90.3226
- Elevation
- 35 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1357 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Mississippi, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Thornton, Mississippi, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Thornton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Thornton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Thornton keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:28 PM Daylight 11 h 21 min Night 12 h 39 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:53 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 Mississippi
- Jackson 153 701
- Gulfport 71 856
- West Gulfport 71 329
- Southaven 52 589
- Hattiesburg 46 805
- Biloxi 45 637
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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Good Hope — 3.2 km
- Bee Lake — 3.6 km
- Quofaloma — 3.6 km
- Stonewall — 4.5 km
- Omega — 5.0 km
- Mileston — 5.7 km
Local time details for Thornton
Today in Thornton the sun appears at 7:07 AM and sets again at 6:28 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 21 min.
The same hours are kept in Thornton and in nearby Good Hope and Quofaloma.
The register holds 11 postal codes for Thornton.
Thornton falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Thornton?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Thornton and has an offset of −5.
- Does Thornton move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- What time does the day start in Thornton?
- The sun rises at 7:07 AM.