Current time in Cotonou, Benin
Africa/Porto-Novo · WAT · UTC+1
Thursday, 24 September 2026
About Cotonou’s timezone
Cotonou uses West Africa Time (WAT), which is UTC+1 standard time and does not observe daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Africa/Porto-Novo.
On the same clock: Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo, Parakou.
Benin has 1 timezone. Clock-change dates for Benin.