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Current time in Cotonou, Benin

Monday, 10 August 2026

West Africa TimeUTC+01:00

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Cotonou time at a glance

Country
Benin
Location
City in Littoral
Time zone
Africa/Porto-Novo
UTC offset now
UTC+01:00
Current zone label
GMT+1
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Cotonou

Conditions near Cotonou and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

24°C

Clear

Feels like
25°C
Humidity
85%
Wind
19.1 km/h SW
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Partly Cloudy23°C to 25°C28% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.6 km/h
  2. Partly Cloudy24°C to 25°C65% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.6 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby24°C to 25°C38% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h

Forecast valid from 21:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T20:39:54.969Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T20:54:54.969Z.

Time-zone identity for Cotonou

IANA zone
Africa/Porto-Novo
UTC offset now
UTC+01:00
Current zone label
GMT+1
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Cotonou is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Cotonou

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Cotonou

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Porto-Novo, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Location context

About Cotonou

Location details for Cotonou in Littoral, Benin.

Administrative area
Littoral, Benin
Population
679,012
Coordinates
6.3654° N, 2.4183° E. The elevation is 7 metres.

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Cities near Cotonou

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Sources for Cotonou time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.