Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-07-29, 16:31 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:56 (elapsed time: -3h 35m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 77.6°. Day Length: 12h 24m 29s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:44:35	12:56:50	19:09:04
Azimuth	70.9°	0°	288.9°
Day Length		12h 24m 29s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 881 498 km
94 374 787 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 182 013 km
93 940 148 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	05:30:58	5h 30m 58s
Astronomical Twilight	05:30:58	05:56:54	25m 56s
Nautical Twilight	05:56:54	06:22:37	25m 43s
Civil Twilight	06:22:37	06:44:35	21m 58s
Daylight	06:44:35	19:09:04	12h 24m 29s
Civil Twilight	19:09:04	19:31:02	21m 58s
Nautical Twilight	19:31:02	19:56:45	25m 43s
Astronomical Twilight	19:56:45	20:22:41	25m 56s
Night	20:22:41	23:59:59	3h 37m 18s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 36.4° ( 16:31)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 288.6° ( 16:31)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-27	2026-07-28	2026-07-29	2026-07-30	2026-07-31
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	06:44:24	06:44:30	06:44:35	06:44:40	06:44:45
Solar noon:	12:56:52	12:56:51	12:56:50	12:56:47	12:56:44
Sunset:	19:09:21	19:09:13	19:09:04	19:08:54	19:08:44
Day Length:	12h 24m 57s	12h 24m 43s	12h 24m 29s	12h 24m 14s	12h 23m 59s

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