Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Friday, 2026-08-21, 06:07 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:53 (remaining time: +6h 46m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 84.2°. Day Length: 12h 17m 51s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:44:33	12:53:28	19:02:24
Azimuth	77.6°	0°	282.2°
Day Length		12h 17m 51s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 336 205 km
94 035 958 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 641 597 km
93 604 349 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	05:33:34	5h 33m 34s
Astronomical Twilight	05:33:34	05:58:29	24m 55s
Nautical Twilight	05:58:29	06:23:18	24m 49s
Civil Twilight	06:23:18	06:44:33	21m 15s
Daylight	06:44:33	19:02:24	12h 17m 51s
Civil Twilight	19:02:24	19:23:39	21m 15s
Nautical Twilight	19:23:39	19:48:27	24m 48s
Astronomical Twilight	19:48:27	20:13:23	24m 56s
Night	20:13:23	23:59:59	3h 46m 36s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -9.9° ( 06:07)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 76.3° ( 06:07)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-19	2026-08-20	2026-08-21	2026-08-22	2026-08-23
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	06:44:43	06:44:38	06:44:33	06:44:27	06:44:21
Solar noon:	12:53:57	12:53:43	12:53:28	12:53:13	12:52:58
Sunset:	19:03:12	19:02:48	19:02:24	19:01:59	19:01:34
Day Length:	12h 18m 29s	12h 18m 10s	12h 17m 51s	12h 17m 32s	12h 17m 13s

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