sun .5deg.comSunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Parakou, Benin (Borgou).
Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-13, 23:17 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo
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All times are shown in Parakou local time.
Solar noon
Today was at: 12:45 (elapsed time: -10h 32m),
Maximal altitude of Sun: 81°.
Day Length: 12h 32m 25s (time between sunrise and sunset).
| Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | |
| Time | 06:29:37 | 12:45:50 | 19:02:02 |
| Azimuth | 71.3° | 0° | 288.8° |
| Day Length | ![]() |
12h 32m 25s | ![]() |
Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 189 297 km
93 944 674 mi
Parakou ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 498 793 km
93 515 614 mi

| Local timezone: | GMT+01:00 |
| Latitude: | 9.33716° |
| Longitude: | 2.63031° |
| Country: | Benin Borgou |
| Population: | 163 753 |
| Zone Type | Start | End | Length | |
| Night | 00:00:00 | 05:15:15 | 5h 15m 15s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 05:15:15 | 05:41:30 | 26m 15s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 05:41:30 | 06:07:29 | 25m 59s | |
| Civil Twilight | 06:07:29 | 06:29:37 | 22m 8s | |
| Daylight | 06:29:37 | 19:02:02 | 12h 32m 25s | |
| Civil Twilight | 19:02:02 | 19:24:11 | 22m 9s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 19:24:11 | 19:50:09 | 25m 58s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 19:50:09 | 20:16:25 | 26m 16s | |
| Night | 20:16:25 | 23:59:59 | 3h 43m 34s |
Altitude
0-24, Current: -54.6° (
23:17)
Azimuth
0-24, Current: 321.8° (
23:17)
Solar noon
| 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: | 06:30:01 | 06:29:49 | 06:29:37 | 06:29:26 | 06:29:16 |
| Solar noon: | 12:45:52 | 12:45:50 | 12:45:50 | 12:45:50 | 12:45:50 |
| Sunset: | 19:01:42 | 19:01:52 | 19:02:02 | 19:02:13 | 19:02:25 |
| Day Length: | 12h 31m 41s | 12h 32m 3s | 12h 32m 25s | 12h 32m 47s | 12h 33m 9s |
Parakou sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):