Local time · Thornton
What time is it in Thornton, Colorado?
2:49:39AM
- Time zone
- MST
- America/Denver
- UTC offset
- −7:00
- Standard is −7:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 146,689
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Thornton
Thornton is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Thornton sits at 39.92°N, 104.94°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Thornton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Thornton it is highest at 11:44 am today — 16 minutes before clock noon.
At 104.9°W, Thornton sits almost exactly on Mountain Standard Time’s 105° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Thornton today
- Sunrise
- 6:42 am
- Sunset
- 4:45 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours
Today runs 10 hours 2 minutes in Thornton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 40 minutes, from 15 hours at the June solstice down to 9 hours 20 minutes in December.
At 39.9°N that puts Thornton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.