Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 13:35 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:34 (elapsed time: -1h 1m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 72.3°. Day Length: 11h 56m 35s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:36:21	12:34:38	18:32:56
Azimuth	101.2°	180°	258.6°
Day Length		11h 56m 35s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 148 819 681 km
92 472 263 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 148 118 129 km
92 036 339 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	05:26:06	5h 26m 6s
Astronomical Twilight	05:26:06	05:50:39	24m 33s
Nautical Twilight	05:50:39	06:15:13	24m 34s
Civil Twilight	06:15:13	06:36:21	21m 8s
Daylight	06:36:21	18:32:56	11h 56m 35s
Civil Twilight	18:32:56	18:54:04	21m 8s
Nautical Twilight	18:54:04	19:18:38	24m 34s
Astronomical Twilight	19:18:38	19:43:11	24m 33s
Night	19:43:11	23:59:59	4h 16m 48s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 66.7° ( 13:35)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 220.5° ( 13:35)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	06:36:20	06:36:20	06:36:21	06:36:22	06:36:25
Solar noon:	12:34:56	12:34:47	12:34:38	12:34:31	12:34:23
Sunset:	18:33:33	18:33:14	18:32:56	18:32:39	18:32:22
Day Length:	11h 57m 13s	11h 56m 54s	11h 56m 35s	11h 56m 17s	11h 55m 57s

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