Time in Cotonou, Benin | Cotonou Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
WAT (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Cotonou
UTC +1
West Africa Time (WAT) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Cotonou does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Cotonou is always 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Cotonou is
Africa/Porto-Novo.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cotonou
- ▪Sunrise: 06:36
- ▪Sunset: 18:33
- ▪Day length: 11h 56m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:34
- ▪Current time in Cotonou is currently 34 minutes ahead of solar time.
Cotonou on map
- ▪Location: Littoral Department, Benin
- ▪Latitude: 6,37. Longitude: 2,42
- ▪Population: 679,012
- ▪Elevation: 7 m
Time difference
from Cotonou
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:36
Solar noon 12:34Sunset 18:33
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Porto-Novo- Abbreviation
- WAT
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792655031
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:36
- Sunset
- 18:33
- Solar noon
- 12:34
- Day length
- 11h 56m
- Night length
- 12h 03m
- Civil twilight
- 06:15 – 18:54
Geography & country
- Country
- Benin
- Region / State
- Littoral Department
- Coordinates
- 6.365°, 2.418°
- Elevation
- 7 m
- Population
- 679,012
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