Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8823, -84.1480
- Elevation
- 276 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 712 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Tennessee, United States
This page shows local time in Thornton, Tennessee, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Thornton, United States
Sunday, 8 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 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:03 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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
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
- Farragut — 0.6 km
- Lovell — 1.8 km
- Virtue — 4.0 km
- Garland — 4.5 km
- Rennbore — 5.8 km
- Pine Springs — 6.4 km
Local time details for Thornton
Sun-up in Thornton is 7:07 AM today and sun-down is 5:36 PM. That gap holds 10 h 29 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Farragut and Lovell sit in the same time as Thornton.
The area of Thornton is divided into 11 postal codes.
Thornton stands in America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Thornton?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Thornton, with an offset of −5.
- Does Thornton use summer time?
- No.
- What time does the day end in Thornton?
- The sun sets at 5:36 PM.