Current time in Benin City, Nigeria
West Africa Time
UTC+01:00- Time zone
- West Africa Time · Africa/Lagos
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Abbreviation
- WAT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+1 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Edo State, Nigeria · 6.34° N, 5.63° E
- Population
- 1,782,000
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Benin City at about 12:37 standard time: the clock runs about 37 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:21 and 12:52 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:41 | 18:48 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:24 | 18:54 | 12h 30m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:26 | 18:33 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:42 | 18:28 | 11h 45m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:25–18:29 (12 h 4 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Porto-Novo, Benin · 340 km
- Cotonou, Benin · 350 km
- Douala, Cameroon · 520 km
- Bata, Equatorial Guinea · 680 km
- Yaoundé, Cameroon · 710 km
- Ciudad de la Paz, Equatorial Guinea · 780 km