Parakou, Benin Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Parakou, Benin (Borgou). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-13, 23:17 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo . 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

Parakou on map:

Parakou

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	9.33716°
Longitude:	2.63031°
Country:	Benin Borgou
Population:	163 753

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Parakou

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

Parakou Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -54.6° ( 23:17)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 321.8° ( 23:17)

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Parakou

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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:	06:30:01	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):