Indexed entity
Porto-Novo is the porto-novo-BJ record in Benin: country slug benin, city slug porto-novo, ISO BJ, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Porto-Novo.
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Live local time
Porto-Novo, Benin
11:47:32 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Porto-Novo
Quick answer
It is currently 11:47:32 AM (WAT, UTC+01:00) in Porto-Novo, Benin — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
25°C
Drizzle
3-day forecast
Tue
30°C
25°C
78% rain
Wed
29°C
24°C
76% rain
Thu
30°C
25°C
66% rain
In 60 days
Sat, Aug 1, 2026
PublicIn 74 days
Assumption Day
Sat, Aug 15, 2026
PublicIn 146 days
Armed Forces Day
Mon, Oct 26, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
West African CFA Franc
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
06:33 AM
Sunset
07:01 PM
Day length
12h 29m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Porto-Novo, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:47 AM UTC.
Current local time
11:47:32 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
WAT
Africa/Porto-Novo · UTC+01:00
Next holiday
Independence Day
Saturday, August 1, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Porto-Novo right now
Nearest airport
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Porto-Novo
Indexed airports
0
Curated airport references available for Benin
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Porto-Novo, Benin.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 11:47 GMT+1
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Porto-Novo is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+01:00
Zone label
GMT+1
London
11:47 AM / +0h
Dubai
02:47 PM / +3h
Schedule risk
Independence Day on Saturday, August 1, 2026
Travel cue
Cotonou, 25 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 06:33 AM to 07:01 PM, with solar noon around 12:47 PM and total daylight of 12h 28m.
Mapped location
6.50°N, 2.60°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:47 AM / +0h
Good live-call window with Porto-Novo right now.
New York
06:47 AM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:47 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:47 PM / +3h
Good live-call window with Porto-Novo right now.
Singapore
06:47 PM / +7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Porto-Novo.
No curated airport is currently mapped close enough to show as a planning cue.
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Porto-Novo for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+01:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+01:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Porto-Novo right now.
Check local interruptions
Independence Day on Saturday, August 1, 2026. Nearest mapped context: Cotonou, 25 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Porto-Novo. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Porto-Novo has no near-term DST change in view, but Independence Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Porto-Novo.
Canonical route
/time/benin/porto-novo/
Catalog identity
porto-novo-BJ · BJ · Africa
Coordinate cell
6.50°N, 2.60°E · lat 6.496 · lon 2.604 · cell 650:260
Population record
264,320 residents · country rank 3
Zone snapshot
Africa/Porto-Novo · GMT+1 · UTC+01:00
January / July offsets
UTC+01:00 / UTC+01:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Cotonou, Benin · 25 km
Nearest world hub
London · 5,011 km
Closest airport references
No curated airport link is mapped directly to Porto-Novo
Zone peer roster
Cotonou, Benin · Abomey-Calavi, Benin · Parakou, Benin
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Porto-Novo: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Porto-Novo is the porto-novo-BJ record in Benin: country slug benin, city slug porto-novo, ISO BJ, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Porto-Novo.
6.50°N, 2.60°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 6 and longitude band 2; exact decimal pair 6.49646, 2.60359.
Benin: official name Republic of Benin; capital Porto-Novo; region Africa; subregion Western Africa; country population 13,224,860; area 112,622 km²; languages French; currencies XOF West African CFA franc. This is the country layer behind the Porto-Novo clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Benin: Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. Benin is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the northwest, and Niger to the northeast. The majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Porto-Novo, and the seat of government is in Cotonou, the most populous city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of 112,622 km2 (43,484 sq mi), and its population in 2021 was estimated to be approximately 13 million. It is a tropical country with an economy heavily dependent on agriculture and the exports of palm oil and cotton. Source: Wikipedia.
Cotonou [cotonou-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 25 km]; Abomey-Calavi [abomey-calavi-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 28 km]; Lagos [lagos-NG, NG, Africa/Lagos, 88 km]; Lomé [lome-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 158 km]; Ibadan [ibadan-NG, NG, Africa/Lagos, 174 km]; Atakpamé [atakpame-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 199 km]; Parakou [parakou-BJ, BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, 316 km]; Sokodé [sokode-TG, TG, Africa/Lome, 320 km]
Porto-Novo is part of this indexed country cluster: Cotonou [cotonou-BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, pop 679,012]; Abomey-Calavi [abomey-calavi-BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, pop 385,755]; Porto-Novo [porto-novo-BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, pop 264,320]; Parakou [parakou-BJ, Africa/Porto-Novo, pop 255,478].
London 5,011 km; Dubai 5,960 km; São Paulo 6,301 km; New York 8,409 km; Singapore 11,229 km; Los Angeles 12,345 km; Tokyo 13,527 km; Sydney 15,579 km
Porto-Novo has no nearby curated airport reference in the indexed airport snapshot for Benin.
Porto-Novo renders Jun 2, 2026 · 11:47 GMT+1; GMT+1 at UTC+01:00; January UTC+01:00; July UTC+01:00; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-08-01.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Porto-Novo.
Porto-Novo is a context-and-reference city; rank #3 of 4 retained Benin city pages. The route is /time/benin/porto-novo/ and the city id is porto-novo-BJ.
Porto-Novo has 13 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Porto-Novo is pinned at 6.50°N, 2.60°E; Cotonou (25 km); London (5,011 km).
Africa/Porto-Novo resolves to stable UTC+01:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Benin.
Porto-Novo has no direct nearby-airport handoff · Independence Day (Saturday, August 1, 2026) · 0 country airport references · 14 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Porto-Novo uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Porto-Novo: Porto-Novo is the capital and second-largest city of Benin. The commune covers an area of 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi) and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Porto-Novo is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 2.60°, Porto-Novo's mean solar noon falls about 50 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Porto-Novo sits at 6.50°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Porto-Novo sits at 6.50°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 10 (12h 30m)
Shortest day
Jan 1 (11h 45m)
Year-round average
12h 7m
Annual swing
0h 45m
See the full daylight curve for Porto-Novo at /sun/porto-novo/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Porto-Novo local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Porto-Novo |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 04:30 - 12:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 01:00 - 09:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
14
Capital status
National capital of Benin
Reference fields include Porto-Novo's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 11:47:32 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Porto-Novo (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
06:33 AM to 07:01 PM
Day length 12h 28m · Solar noon 12:47 PM
Next country holiday
Independence Day
Saturday, August 1, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Porto-Novo local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Adobe MAX 2026
keynoteTuesday, November 10, 2026
161 days to go
NeurIPS 2026
keynoteSunday, December 6, 2026
187 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynoteWednesday, June 10, 2026
8 days to go
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Population
264.3K
Coordinates
6.50, 2.60
Timezone
Africa/Porto-Novo
Indexed airports
0
Capital
Porto-Novo
Languages
French
Currency
XOF (Fr)
Country area
112,622 km²
Porto-Novo, Benin (population rank #3 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Porto-Novo (WAT, UTC+01:00); population ~264.3K.
Coordinates: 6.50°N, 2.60°E. Northern Hemisphere deep tropics, ~721 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 06:33 AM and sets around 07:01 PM in Porto-Novo — about 12h 28m of daylight. Benin stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Cotonou (25 km from Porto-Novo) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with no airport pages currently indexed for Benin.
Next national holiday: Independence Day, 2026-08-01.
Porto-Novo is indexed as a Africa city in the BJ country record, using Africa/Porto-Novo as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/benin/porto-novo/.
Location context: 6.50°N, 2.60°E; population 264,320; nearest indexed city Cotonou is about 25 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 5,011 km away.
Country planning context: capital Porto-Novo; subregion Western Africa; languages French; currency XOF (Fr); area 112,622 km²; 0 curated airport references; next holiday Independence Day on 2026-08-01.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+01:00) is constant year-round.
Porto-Novo is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 2.60°, Porto-Novo's mean solar noon falls about 50 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Porto-Novo sits at 6.50°N, within ten degrees of the equator — day length stays close to twelve hours year-round and seasonal sunrise/sunset variation is minimal.
Mid-sized city with around 264 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Porto-Novo city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Porto-Novo: Cotonou (same time), Sydney (+9h), Tokyo (+8h), Singapore (+7h), Mumbai (+4.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
benin
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Porto-Novo
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+01:00
Algeria, Tunisia, Isle of Man, Ireland, United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, Central African Republic
Other cities in this timezone
London
+0h
New York
-5h
Los Angeles
-8h
Dubai
+3h
Singapore
+7h
Tokyo
+8h
Sydney
+9h
São Paulo
-4h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Porto-Novo.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Porto-Novo: closest hubs London (~5,011 km), Dubai (~5,960 km), São Paulo (~6,301 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~15,579 km).
Porto-Novo sits inside Benin — the Western Africa subregion, capital Porto-Novo, languages French, currency XOF (Fr).
Closest indexed cities to Porto-Novo: Cotonou (25 km), Abomey-Calavi (28 km), Lagos (88 km), Lomé (158 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Porto-Novo: Independence Day, Assumption Day, Armed Forces Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Benin.
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Porto-Novo, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:47 AM | +0h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:47 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:47 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:47 PM | +3h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:47 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:47 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:47 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:47 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Porto-Novo is in the Africa/Porto-Novo timezone (WAT), with a UTC offset of +01:00.
Porto-Novo does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+01:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Porto-Novo is UTC+01:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Porto-Novo, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 11:47 GMT+1. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Porto-Novo sits at 6.50°N, 2.60°E in Benin, with about 264.3K residents (rank #3 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Porto-Novo is London, about 5,011 km away as the crow flies.
Cotonou is the closest indexed city, roughly 25 km from Porto-Novo.
Independence Day is the next upcoming holiday in Benin, on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
Porto-Novo uses West African CFA franc (XOF, symbol Fr) as the local currency of Benin.
The longest day of 2026 in Porto-Novo falls on Jun 10 with about 12h 30m of daylight. The shortest is Jan 1 with 11h 45m; the year-round average is 12h 7m.
In Porto-Novo local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 14:00-22:00; London 09:00-17:00; Frankfurt 08:00-16:00; Dubai 06:00-14:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.