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Benin City, Nijerya
05:41:45 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Lagos
Benin City
Capital city of Edo State, Nigeria
Güncel yerel saat
05:41:45 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Saat dilimi
WAT
Africa/Lagos · UTC+01:00
Sonraki tatil
Workers' Day
1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma · Public
Şu an iş saati örtüşmesi
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Benin City right now
En yakın havalimanı
PHC
Port Harcourt International Airport · 208 km
İndekslenen havalimanları
4
Curated airport references available for Nijerya
Snapshot at render time: 05:41:45 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Benin City (UTC+01:00, WAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
24°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 29°C · Humidity 91% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:24 AM to 06:44 PM
Day length 12h 20m · Solar noon 12:34 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Benin City local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1.8M
Coordinates
6.34, 5.63
Timezone
Africa/Lagos
İndekslenen havalimanları
4
Capital
Abuja
Languages
English
Currency
NGN (₦)
Country area
923,768 km²
Read time for Benin City from the Africa/Lagos zone (WAT, UTC+01:00); the city carries roughly 1.8M residents and ranks #7 among curated Nijerya entries.
Geographically, Benin City is at 6.34°N, 5.63°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 704 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:24 AM and sets around 06:44 PM in Benin City — about 12h 20m of daylight. Nijerya stays on standard time here, so UTC+01:00 is stable through the year.
Sapele (50 km from Benin City) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 4 curated airport pages indexed for Nijerya.
On 2026-05-01, Workers' Day is the next holiday flag for Benin City — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
WAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Lagos
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
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 Benin City.
Benin City serves as the capital and largest metropolitan centre of Edo State, situated in southern Nigeria. It ranks as the fourth-most populous city in Nigeria, according to the 2006 national census, preceded by Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan.
From Benin City the nearest of our reference hubs are London (~5,051 km), Dubai (~5,671 km), São Paulo (~6,571 km), while Sydney sits about 15,337 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Benin City sits inside Nijerya — the Western Africa subregion, capital Abuja, languages English, currency NGN (₦).
Sapele (50 km), Agbor (64 km), Ekpoma (73 km), Uromi (88 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Benin City — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Benin City: Workers' Day, Children's Day, Democracy Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Nijerya.
Closest curated airport references from Benin City: PHC Port Harcourt (208 km), LOS Lagos (256 km), ABV Abuja (347 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
For many searchers, the real question is whether Lagos is still inside overlap with London, Dubai, or New York.
Port Harcourt International AirportPHC
Port Harcourt · 208 km from Benin City
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 1m
Murtala Muhammed International AirportLOS
Lagos · 256 km from Benin City
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Nnamdi Azikiwe International AirportABV
Abuja · 347 km from Benin City
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
Mallam Aminu Kano International AirportKAN
Kano · 710 km from Benin City
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 40m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:41 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:41 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:41 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:41 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:41 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:41 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:41 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:41 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Benin City, Africa/Lagos saat dilimindedir (WAT), UTC farkı +01:00'dir.
Benin City şu anda yaz saati uygulaması yapmamaktadır.
Benin City için güncel UTC farkı UTC+01:00'dir.
Benin City sits at 6.34°N, 5.63°E in Nijerya, with about 1.8M residents (rank #7 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Benin City is London, about 5,051 km away as the crow flies.
Sapele is the closest indexed city, roughly 50 km from Benin City.
Port Harcourt International Airport (PHC) is the closest curated airport reference, about 208 km from Benin City.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Nijerya, on 1 Mayıs 2026 Cuma.
