Benin City, Nigeria Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Benin City, Nigeria (Edo, Oredo). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 13:10 (GMT+01:00) Africa/Lagos . All times are shown in Benin City local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:34 (elapsed time: -37m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 76.4°. Day Length: 12h 25m 51s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:21:07	12:34:02	18:46:58
Azimuth	69.9°	0°	290.2°
Day Length		12h 25m 51s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 394 603 km
94 072 245 mi
Benin City ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 692 786 km
93 636 156 mi

Benin City on map:

Benin City

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+01:00
Latitude:	6.33815°
Longitude:	5.62575°
Country:	Nigeria Edo
Population:	1 125 058

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Benin City

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	05:06:49	5h 6m 49s
Astronomical Twilight	05:06:49	05:33:00	26m 11s
Nautical Twilight	05:33:00	05:58:58	25m 58s
Civil Twilight	05:58:58	06:21:07	22m 9s
Daylight	06:21:07	18:46:58	12h 25m 51s
Civil Twilight	18:46:58	19:09:07	22m 9s
Nautical Twilight	19:09:07	19:35:05	25m 58s
Astronomical Twilight	19:35:05	20:01:16	26m 11s
Night	20:01:16	23:59:59	3h 58m 43s

Benin City Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 73.8° ( 13:10)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 327.8° ( 13:10)

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Benin City

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	06:21:15	06:21:11	06:21:07	06:21:05	06:21:03
Solar noon:	12:33:56	12:33:59	12:34:02	12:34:06	12:34:11
Sunset:	18:46:38	18:46:48	18:46:58	18:47:08	18:47:18
Day Length:	12h 25m 23s	12h 25m 37s	12h 25m 51s	12h 26m 3s	12h 26m 15s

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