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Current local time in Benin
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Africa/Porto-Novo
Benin city pages include local time, time zone, coordinates and nearby comparisons.
Methodology and trust
About this Benin time page
This Benin page combines live clock output with timezone, offset, holiday, and daylight context so the page is useful beyond a single timestamp.
Displayed local time follows the IANA timezone identifier assigned to this page and updates live in the browser.
Weather context uses Open-Meteo. Sunrise, sunset, and day-length details are shown as informational timing context.
Calendar and next-holiday data use normalized HolidayFinder coverage with a date-holidays fallback. Regional holiday matches appear when the source dataset includes state or province-level coverage.
Live conditions
Weather in Benin now
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Benin
- Sunrise: 05:41
- Sunset: 18:19
- Day length: 12h 39m
- Solar noon: 12:00
- The solar values are estimated from latitude and day of year.
A clearer national time view for Benin
The current time reference for Benin is 19:08:56 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. A country page is the broadest practical view before the answer splits into states, regions, and individual city clocks.
That makes it useful when the question is national, when you are still narrowing down which region matters, or when you need to understand how the country's time structure is organized before you jump into local pages.
In the current dataset, Porto-Novo is the capital while Cotonou is the largest listed city, built from 29 matched city records. That helps the national page stay anchored to real places instead of reading like a generic summary.
For a solid mid-tier country page, the priority is national clarity: what the country clock means, how the regional structure is laid out, and which state or city pages deserve attention first.
Benin at a glance
Benin time right now
This page shows 19:08:56 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, using GMT+1 with a live UTC or GMT offset of GMT+1.
12 states or regions
Benin currently has 12 state or regional pages and 3,758 listed city pages in this dataset.
Porto-Novo works as the capital reference, while Cotonou is the biggest city anchor in the current dataset.
National timezone structure
Benin spans 5 recorded time zones in this dataset, which makes the national structure especially important before moving into local pages.
What the national time view tells you
A country page is most useful when the national frame still matters. That may be because the visitor is planning across several regions, because the specific city is not settled yet, or because the country's timezone structure is part of the answer.
Benin spans more than one timezone in this dataset, so the country page needs to explain the national structure before a city or state page can do the precise work.
This is why country content should not read like a larger state page. It needs to explain scale first: how many regional pages exist, where the key city clocks sit, and when a visitor should leave the national layer for a more precise local page.
If you already know the likely destination, the fastest next move is usually one of the major city pages such as time in Cotonou, time in Djougou, and time in Parakou.
Regional routes inside Benin
Major city clocks
The fastest city-level references in this country are time in Cotonou, time in Djougou, time in Parakou, time in Abomey-Calavi, and time in Kandi.
Key state and regional pages
If the question is regional rather than city-specific, start with current local time in Littoral, current local time in Borgou, current local time in Donga, current local time in Alibori, and current local time in Atakora.
Compare with another country
For cross-country planning, open the compare tool or jump directly to time in India, time in United States, and time in United Kingdom.
Representative daylight in Benin
Using time in Cotonou as the representative city reference, sunrise is 05:41, sunset is 18:19, and estimated day length is 12h 39m.
A country page cannot describe the daylight feel of every region at once, especially when places such as Porto-Novo and Cotonou do different jobs in the national picture.
Quick answers about time in Benin
What time is it in Benin right now?
This page shows the current national reference time for Benin as 19:08:56 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
Does Benin use one time zone or several?
Benin spans 5 recorded time zones in this dataset, so the state and city pages matter for precise local timing.
Should I use the country page, a state page, or a city page?
Use the country page for the national structure, a state page for regional context, and a city page when the exact local clock is the real answer.
Which place is the main reference inside Benin?
The national view can point to both Porto-Novo as the capital and Cotonou as the biggest listed city, depending on whether the visitor needs administrative context or a stronger city-level anchor.
How do I move from the country view to the most useful local pages?
Start with regional pages such as current local time in Littoral, current local time in Borgou, and current local time in Donga, or jump straight to major city clocks like time in Cotonou and time in Djougou.
How do I compare Benin with another country?
The quickest route is the compare tool or the built-in country links such as time in India and time in United States.
3,758 cities in Benin