🇧🇯 Time in Benin

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18:30:12

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

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Capital City: Porto-Novo

Largest Cities:

ISO Alpha-2: BJ

ISO Alpha-3: BEN

IANA Time Zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)

Time Zones: WAT

Departments in Benin

Alibori Atakora Atlantique Borgou Collines Donga Kouffo Littoral Mono Ouémé Plateau Zou

Time Now in Major Cities in Benin

CityCurrent Time
Abomey Wed 18:30:12
Abomey-Calavi Wed 18:30:12
Bohicon Wed 18:30:12
Cotonou Wed 18:30:12
Djougou Wed 18:30:12
Ekpé Wed 18:30:12
Godomè Wed 18:30:12
Parakou Wed 18:30:12
Porto-Novo Wed 18:30:12

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for Benin

TimezoneCurrent Time
Africa/Lagos Wed 18:30:12
Africa/Porto-Novo Wed 18:30:12

Sunrise and Sunset in Benin (9 Locations)

City ↑ Sunrise ↓ Sunset
Abomey
↑ 6:46 AM
↓ 7:07 PM
Abomey-Calavi
↑ 6:45 AM
↓ 7:05 PM
Bohicon
↑ 6:45 AM
↓ 7:07 PM
Cotonou
↑ 6:45 AM
↓ 7:05 PM
Djougou
↑ 6:44 AM
↓ 7:12 PM
Ekpé
↑ 6:44 AM
↓ 7:04 PM
Godomè
↑ 6:45 AM
↓ 7:05 PM
Parakou
↑ 6:41 AM
↓ 7:07 PM
Porto-Novo
↑ 6:44 AM
↓ 7:04 PM

Current Weather in Benin (9 Locations)

City Condition Temp.

Information about Benin

Population 11,485,048
Area 112,620 km²
ISO Numeric Code 204
FIPS Code BN
Top Level Domain .bj
Currency Franc (XOF)
Phone Prefix +229
Country Code +229
Languages FR-BJ (fr-BJ)
Neighbouring Countries 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇹🇬 Togo

Upcoming Public Holidays in Benin

This year, Benin observes 14 public holidays, with 14 scheduled for 2027. The next holiday is Assumption Day on 15 Aug. The most recently passed holiday was National Day. Explore the full calendar of Public Holidays in Benin to plan your schedule.

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FAQ — Benin

Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.

The clocks at the top of this page show the current local time in Benin, updated live. Benin uses Africa/Lagos (WAT) — UTC+01:00.

Benin spans 2 time zones. The full list of time zones and the current local time in each is shown above on this page. Countries split into multiple time zones for geographic, political, or historical reasons — wider east-west spans usually mean more zones.

The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo. Click through for the current local time in Porto-Novo, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

The most populous cities in Benin include Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo, Parakou and Godomè. Each city page shows current local time, sunrise/sunset, and weather.

Benin observes 14 public holidays this year. The full list — fixed and movable, religious and secular, national and regional — is on the Benin public holidays page.

Benin's ISO 3166-1 country codes are: alpha-2 code BJ and alpha-3 code BEN. These codes are used in address fields, web domains (ccTLD), phone country lookups, and any international data interchange referring to this country. The Benin calendar also uses these as identifiers.

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