Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Thursday, 2026-11-12, 23:40 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:34 (elapsed time: -11h 6m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 66°. Day Length: 11h 50m 49s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:39:03	12:34:27	18:29:52
Azimuth	107.6°	180°	252.3°
Day Length		11h 50m 49s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 148 044 162 km
91 990 377 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 147 354 539 km
91 561 866 mi

Cotonou on map:

Cotonou

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	6.36536°
Longitude:	2.41833°
Country:	Benin Littoral
Population:	780 000

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Cotonou

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	05:26:51	5h 26m 51s
Astronomical Twilight	05:26:51	05:52:04	25m 13s
Nautical Twilight	05:52:04	06:17:19	25m 15s
Civil Twilight	06:17:19	06:39:03	21m 44s
Daylight	06:39:03	18:29:52	11h 50m 49s
Civil Twilight	18:29:52	18:51:35	21m 43s
Nautical Twilight	18:51:35	19:16:51	25m 16s
Astronomical Twilight	19:16:51	19:42:04	25m 13s
Night	19:42:04	23:59:59	4h 17m 55s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -72.5° ( 23:40)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 228.1° ( 23:40)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-10	2026-11-11	2026-11-12	2026-11-13	2026-11-14
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	06:38:34	06:38:48	06:39:03	06:39:18	06:39:35
Solar noon:	12:34:14	12:34:20	12:34:27	12:34:35	12:34:44
Sunset:	18:29:54	18:29:52	18:29:52	18:29:53	18:29:54
Day Length:	11h 51m 20s	11h 51m 4s	11h 50m 49s	11h 50m 35s	11h 50m 19s

Cotonou sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):