Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7943, -71.4784
- Elevation
- 26 m above sea level
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 571 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Rhode Island, United States
This page shows local time in Thornton, Rhode Island, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Thornton, United States
Wednesday, 4 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 6:23 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:08 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 Rhode Island
- Providence 190 934
- Warwick 81 699
- Cranston 81 073
- Pawtucket 71 591
- East Providence 47 408
- Woonsocket 41 475
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
- Wayland — 2.2 km
- Cranston — 3.2 km
- Dyerville — 3.9 km
- Garden City — 4.2 km
- Elmwood — 4.3 km
- Auburn — 4.8 km
About the time in Thornton
Postal coverage of Thornton comes to 11 codes.
Local clocks in Thornton follow the America/New_York zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Sunrise in Thornton is at 6:23 AM today, and sunset comes at 4:38 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 16 min.
Thornton keeps the same time as its neighbours Wayland and Cranston.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Thornton?
- The time zone value for Thornton is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Thornton?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Thornton?
- At 4:38 PM.