Cotonou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cotonou, Benin (Littoral). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-13, 23:17 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . All times are shown in Cotonou local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:46 (elapsed time: -10h 31m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 78°. Day Length: 12h 24m 16s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:34:33	12:46:41	18:58:49
Azimuth	71.5°	0°	288.6°
Day Length		12h 24m 16s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 189 297 km
93 944 674 mi
Cotonou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 498 928 km
93 515 699 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	05:21:02	5h 21m 2s
Astronomical Twilight	05:21:02	05:46:55	25m 53s
Nautical Twilight	05:46:55	06:12:36	25m 41s
Civil Twilight	06:12:36	06:34:33	21m 57s
Daylight	06:34:33	18:58:49	12h 24m 16s
Civil Twilight	18:58:49	19:20:45	21m 56s
Nautical Twilight	19:20:45	19:46:26	25m 41s
Astronomical Twilight	19:46:26	20:12:19	25m 53s
Night	20:12:19	23:59:59	3h 47m 40s

Cotonou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -56.8° ( 23:17)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 318.8° ( 23:17)

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Cotonou

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-11	2026-05-12	2026-05-13	2026-05-14	2026-05-15
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	06:34:50	06:34:41	06:34:33	06:34:25	06:34:18
Solar noon:	12:46:42	12:46:41	12:46:41	12:46:41	12:46:41
Sunset:	18:58:35	18:58:42	18:58:49	18:58:56	18:59:04
Day Length:	12h 23m 45s	12h 24m 1s	12h 24m 16s	12h 24m 31s	12h 24m 46s

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