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Time in Benin City, Nigeria now

08:57:34PM

Thursday, October 1, 2026

World Vegetarian Day / International Day of Older Persons / National Day of China / Independence Day of Nigeria

Sun: ↑ 06:25AM ↓ 06:29PM (12h 4m) - More info - Make Benin City time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Benin City

UTC +1

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

The time in Benin City is 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Benin City does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Benin City is Africa/Lagos.

Time difference
from Benin City

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 Benin City

Sunrise: 06:25AM
Sunset: 06:29PM
Day length: 12h 4m
Solar noon: 12:27PM
The current local time in Benin City is 27 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Benin City on the map

Location: Nigeria
Latitude: 6.34. Longitude: 5.63
Population: 1,782,000

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