Time in Parakou, Benin | Parakou Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
WAT (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Parakou
UTC +1
West Africa Time (WAT) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Parakou does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Parakou is always 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Parakou is
Africa/Porto-Novo.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Parakou
- ▪Sunrise: 06:37
- ▪Sunset: 18:29
- ▪Day length: 11h 52m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:33
- ▪Current time in Parakou is currently 33 minutes ahead of solar time.
Parakou on map
- ▪Location: Borgou, Benin
- ▪Latitude: 9,34. Longitude: 2,63
- ▪Population: 255,478
- ▪Elevation: 369 m
Time difference
from Parakou
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:37
Solar noon 12:33Sunset 18:29
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Porto-Novo- Abbreviation
- WAT
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792708482
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:37
- Sunset
- 18:29
- Solar noon
- 12:33
- Day length
- 11h 52m
- Night length
- 12h 07m
- Civil twilight
- 06:16 – 18:51
Geography & country
- Country
- Benin
- Region / State
- Borgou
- Coordinates
- 9.337°, 2.630°
- Elevation
- 369 m
- Population
- 255,478
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