Thornton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.4110, -96.5722
- Elevation
- 150 m above sea level
- Population
- 523
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1956 km away
- Same name
- 44 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Thornton, Texas, United States
This page answers what time it is in Thornton, Texas, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Thornton, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Thornton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Thornton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:38 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:45 PM Daylight 11 h 08 min Night 12 h 52 min Civil twilight 7:13 AM – 7:10 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 Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
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
- Davis Prairie — 4.6 km
- Beulah — 5.5 km
- Pleasant Grove — 6.3 km
- Coit — 9.9 km
- Red Hill — 10.2 km
- Box Church — 10.2 km
Local time details for Thornton
Thornton keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:38 AM in Thornton, with sunset at 6:45 PM. That works out to 11 h 08 min of light.
You will find the same time in Davis Prairie and Beulah, both near Thornton.
Coverage of Thornton by postal code amounts to 11 entries.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Thornton?
- The time zone that applies to Thornton is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Thornton stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Thornton: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Thornton?
- The hour is 6:45 PM.