Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Thursday, 2026-07-09, 09:06 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:55 (remaining time: +3h 49m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 74°. Day Length: 12h 28m 22s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:41:25	12:55:36	19:09:47
Azimuth	67.3°	0°	292.6°
Day Length		12h 28m 22s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 152 090 578 km
94 504 704 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 391 444 km
94 070 282 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	05:25:47	5h 25m 47s
Astronomical Twilight	05:25:47	05:52:29	26m 42s
Nautical Twilight	05:52:29	06:18:53	26m 24s
Civil Twilight	06:18:53	06:41:25	22m 32s
Daylight	06:41:25	19:09:47	12h 28m 22s
Civil Twilight	19:09:47	19:32:18	22m 31s
Nautical Twilight	19:32:18	19:58:43	26m 25s
Astronomical Twilight	19:58:43	20:25:24	26m 41s
Night	20:25:24	23:59:59	3h 34m 35s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 32.6° ( 09:06)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 67.4° ( 09:06)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-07	2026-07-08	2026-07-09	2026-07-10	2026-07-11
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	06:40:59	06:41:12	06:41:25	06:41:37	06:41:50
Solar noon:	12:55:17	12:55:27	12:55:36	12:55:44	12:55:52
Sunset:	19:09:36	19:09:42	19:09:47	19:09:51	19:09:55
Day Length:	12h 28m 37s	12h 28m 30s	12h 28m 22s	12h 28m 14s	12h 28m 5s

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