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Time in Parakou, Benin now

04:10:53AM

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 06:29AM ↓ 07:03PM (12h 34m) - More info - Make Parakou time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Parakou

UTC +1

West Africa Time (WAT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

Parakou does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Parakou is Africa/Porto-Novo.

Time difference
from Parakou

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Parakou

Sunrise: 06:29AM
Sunset: 07:03PM
Day length: 12h 34m
Solar noon: 12:46PM
The current local time in Parakou is 46 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Parakou on the map

Location: Benin
Latitude: 9.34. Longitude: 2.63
Population: 255,000

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