Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Monday, 2026-09-21, 21:19 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:43 (elapsed time: -8h 36m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 84.4°. Day Length: 12h 7m 22s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:39:42	12:43:23	18:47:04
Azimuth	89°	180°	270.8°
Day Length		12h 7m 22s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 165 253 km
93 308 362 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 149 473 520 km
92 878 539 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	05:30:39	5h 30m 39s
Astronomical Twilight	05:30:39	05:54:49	24m 10s
Nautical Twilight	05:54:49	06:18:58	24m 9s
Civil Twilight	06:18:58	06:39:42	20m 44s
Daylight	06:39:42	18:47:04	12h 7m 22s
Civil Twilight	18:47:04	19:07:48	20m 44s
Nautical Twilight	19:07:48	19:31:57	24m 9s
Astronomical Twilight	19:31:57	19:56:08	24m 11s
Night	19:56:08	23:59:59	4h 3m 51s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -38.5° ( 21:19)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 275.9° ( 21:19)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-19	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Sunrise:	06:40:04	06:39:53	06:39:42	06:39:32	06:39:21
Solar noon:	12:44:06	12:43:44	12:43:23	12:43:02	12:42:41
Sunset:	18:48:07	18:47:36	18:47:04	18:46:32	18:46:01
Day Length:	12h 8m 3s	12h 7m 43s	12h 7m 22s	12h 7m 0s	12h 6m 40s

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