Daylight Saving Time in Cotonou, Littoral-BJ, Benin for year 2025

When Daylight Saving Time starts in Cotonou, Benin for the year 2025?

• Cotonou does not follow Daylight Saving Time.
• Cotonou follows West African Time(WAT) during both winter and summer seasons of the year.

When Daylight Saving Time ends in Cotonou, Benin for the year 2025?

• There is no Daylight Saving Time followed in Cotonou, Benin.
• During both winter and summer seasons of the year Benin follows West African Time(WAT).

What are the Time Zones that follow Daylight Saving Time in Benin?

• Cotonou, Benin does not observe Daylight Saving Time

What should I do when one are more parts of the world observe the Daylight Saving Time?

• Please refer to our World Clock and Daylight Saving Time Guide to find out what time it is in the countries that follow Daylight Saving Time.
• Being aware of the Daylight Saving Time in other countries help in case you conduct meetings spread across multiple time zones, in case when you want to talk to your friends and relatives in daylight saving time following countries and in case when you are your friends are travelling to such countries.

Why Daylight Saving Time is Followed?

• During Summer to take advantage the sunlight in the evenings the clocks are advanced by one hour during the start of the Daylight Saving Time.
• Daylight Saving Time generally enables to use more sunlight and time for fun and sporting activities in the evenings.

Which other parts of the world follow Daylight Saving time?

• There are several countries in the world that follow Daylight Saving Time.
• Please find out the list here: List of Countries that follow Daylight Saving Time

What are the dates for Daylight Saving Time in year 2024 for other cities?

The list of Daylight Saving Time changes for the the coming years can be found with our Daylight Saving Time Guide

Time and Weather Report for Cotonou, Littoral-BJ, Benin

Name of the Country	Benin
Country Code	BJ
Current Date and Time in Cotonou	2025-04-30 11:42:09
Is daylight saving time active in Cotonou	No
Which Time Zone Cotonou is in	West African Time(WAT)
Is this a Standard Time Zone?	Yes
Time Zone Abbreviation
UTC Offset for West African Time(WAT)	UTC+1:00Hours
Summer Time Zone	No Daylight Saving
UTC Offset for DST	UTC+1:00 Hours
Daylight Time Start Date	No Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Time End Date	No Daylight Saving Time
Day of the week	Wednesday
Month of the year	April
Number of days in this month	30
Day of the year	119

Week of the year	18
Is this year a leap year	No
Which century we are in	21st Century
Millennium	3rd millennium
Seconds from Epoch	1746035859
Sunrise Time in	06:37:11
Sunset Time in	18:57:39
Duration of the day	5 Hours 3 Minutes
Calendar Type	Gregorian
Date Format followed in Cotonou	month - date - year
Long/Lat	2.42/6.37
Weather update for Cotonou	few clouds
Temperature	29.99  Degree Celcius
Humidity	74%
Pressure	1010  hPa
Wind Speed	2.06 MPH
Wind Direction	200 degrees