Time in Benin City, Nigeria | Benin City Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
WAT (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Benin City
UTC +1
West Africa Time (WAT) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Benin City does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Benin City is always 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Benin City is
Africa/Lagos.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Benin City
- ▪Sunrise: 06:23
- ▪Sunset: 18:20
- ▪Day length: 11h 56m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:21
- ▪Current time in Benin City is currently 21 minutes ahead of solar time.
Benin City on map
- ▪Location: Edo State, Nigeria
- ▪Latitude: 6,34. Longitude: 5,63
- ▪Population: 1,782,000
- ▪Elevation: 88 m
Time difference
from Benin City
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:23
Solar noon 12:21Sunset 18:20
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Lagos- Abbreviation
- WAT
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792685281
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:23
- Sunset
- 18:20
- Solar noon
- 12:21
- Day length
- 11h 56m
- Night length
- 12h 03m
- Civil twilight
- 06:02 – 18:41
Geography & country
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region / State
- Edo State
- Coordinates
- 6.338°, 5.626°
- Elevation
- 88 m
- Population
- 1,782,000
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