Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Thornton Heath

Sunrise in Thornton Heath today is at 04:43:56 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:20:29 PM, giving Thornton Heath 16h 36min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 03:55:29 AM and ends at 10:08:56 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Thornton Heath or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Thornton Heath. Get a full year of light data with the printable Thornton Heath Photography Planner 2026.

Thornton Heath lies in the temperate zone at 51.4° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Thornton Heath receives 16.6 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:43 AM and sunset at 09:20 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.8 hours — a difference of 8.8 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:43, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:20. The evening golden hour in Thornton Heath lasts about 82 minutes in summer and 86 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.