Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2640, -79.1573
- Elevation
- 477 m above sea level
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 415 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, New York, United States
This page reports the local time in Thornton, New York, United States, set by the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Thornton, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Thornton
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Thornton.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 5:39 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 New York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
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/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Bates — 1.2 km
- Cherry Creek — 5.8 km
- Ellington — 6.7 km
- Charlotte Center — 8.0 km
- Conewango Valley — 8.3 km
- Sinclairville — 8.3 km
About the time in Thornton
The time zone in effect for Thornton is America/New_York, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Thornton greets the sun at 6:53 AM and loses it at 5:09 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 16 min.
Whatever the hour in Thornton, it is the same in Bates and Cherry Creek.
Thornton takes in 11 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Thornton?
- The entry corresponding to Thornton is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Thornton change with daylight saving?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Thornton?
- At 5:09 PM.