Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.1511, -94.5244
- Elevation
- 230 m above sea level
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1509 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Missouri, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Thornton, Missouri, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Thornton, United States
Thursday, 15 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 7:29 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:41 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 7:08 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 Missouri
- Kansas City 475 378
- St. Louis 279 695
- Springfield 170 188
- Kansas City 152 933
- Columbia 129 330
- Independence 117 255
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
- Avondale — 2.0 km
- Randolph — 2.6 km
- East Kansas City — 2.7 km
- Air Line Junction — 4.0 km
- North Kansas City — 4.0 km
- Evanston — 5.3 km
Thornton: clock, sun and surroundings
Thornton works with 11 postal codes.
Local clocks in Thornton answer to America/Chicago, set UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun climbs above Thornton at 7:29 AM and dips below at 6:41 PM. Between them sit 11 h 12 min of daylight.
Close to Thornton, the towns of Avondale and Randolph show the same time.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Thornton?
- The time zone used in Thornton is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Thornton shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Thornton today?
- Today it sets at 6:41 PM.