Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Friday, 2026-06-12, 20:03 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:50 (elapsed time: -7h 14m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 73.2°. Day Length: 12h 29m 19s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:35:33	12:50:13	19:04:52
Azimuth	66.6°	0°	293.4°
Day Length		12h 29m 19s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 925 029 km
94 401 836 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 230 884 km
93 970 515 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	05:19:24	5h 19m 24s
Astronomical Twilight	05:19:24	05:46:18	26m 54s
Nautical Twilight	05:46:18	06:12:53	26m 35s
Civil Twilight	06:12:53	06:35:33	22m 40s
Daylight	06:35:33	19:04:52	12h 29m 19s
Civil Twilight	19:04:52	19:27:32	22m 40s
Nautical Twilight	19:27:32	19:54:08	26m 36s
Astronomical Twilight	19:54:08	20:21:01	26m 53s
Night	20:21:01	23:59:59	3h 38m 58s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -14.1° ( 20:03)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 295.9° ( 20:03)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-10	2026-06-11	2026-06-12	2026-06-13	2026-06-14
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	06:35:13	06:35:23	06:35:33	06:35:44	06:35:55
Solar noon:	12:49:48	12:50:00	12:50:13	12:50:25	12:50:38
Sunset:	19:04:23	19:04:37	19:04:52	19:05:06	19:05:21
Day Length:	12h 29m 10s	12h 29m 14s	12h 29m 19s	12h 29m 22s	12h 29m 26s

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