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Time in Benin now
MidnightSaturday, October 10, 2026Week 41Today: World Day Against the Death Penalty
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Time zone info for Benin
UTC+1
Africa/Porto-Novo
Benin follows Africa/Porto-Novo. The local time is shown using live browser time, refreshed every second.
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: 06:39
- Sunset: 18:35
- Day length: 11 hr 56 min
- Solar noon: 12:37
- Estimates use the map coordinates and local date, with local time zone and daylight-saving adjustments. Terrain and weather can affect observed sunrise and sunset.
A clearer national time view for Benin
The current time reference for Benin is 03:05:12 on Saturday, October 10, 2026, using Africa/Porto-Novo (GMT+1). This is a reference clock, not a guarantee that every location in Benin has the same local time.
For an appointment or arrival, confirm the destination city in Benin. A shared country name is not enough to identify a time zone or the local calendar date.
Capital listed: Porto-Novo; largest city in the location data: Cotonou.
Benin at a glance
Benin time right now
This page shows 03:05:12 on Saturday, October 10, 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.
The listed capital is Porto-Novo; Cotonou is the largest city in this location dataset.
National timezone structure
The location data for Benin lists 5 time-zone identifiers. Different identifiers can still show the same current time.
What the national time view tells you
The displayed reference follows Africa/Porto-Novo, with a current UTC offset of GMT+1. A positive offset is ahead of UTC; a negative offset is behind it.
The 5 identifiers recorded for Benin can reflect different historical rules or aliases, as well as different current offsets. Their count is not a count of distinct current clock readings.
For a future event, record the city, date and time zone together. Today's UTC offset may not apply on the event date if either location changes its clocks seasonally.
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 Adamou as the mapped daylight reference, sunrise is 06:39, sunset is 18:35, and estimated day length is 11 hr 56 min.
Sunrise and sunset vary with the date, latitude, longitude and local horizon. Even locations sharing the same civil time can have different daylight hours.
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 03:05:12 on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
Does Benin use one time zone or several?
The location data lists 5 time-zone identifiers for Benin. Some can share a current offset or be aliases; compare the actual city clocks before assuming the times differ.
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 clock follows Africa/Porto-Novo. The mapped daylight reference is Adamou; it does not represent daylight everywhere in Benin.
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