Sunset and sunrise times in Porto-Novo, Benin

In Porto-Novo, Benin the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 18:43 and rises at 06:38. Daylight lasts 12h 5m; evening golden hour runs from 18:16 to 18:56.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light: 06:17
Sunrise: 06:38
Solar noon: 12:40
Sunset: 18:43
Last light: 19:04
Day length: 12h 5m

18h 41m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 18:16 – 18:56
Blue hour: 18:56 – 19:04
Max sun altitude: 82.1°
Moon: 🌕 Full moon
Moonrise / moonset: 18:31 / 06:12

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:43 Golden hour 18:15 – 18:55 Day length 12h 5m vs today the same length

Where Porto-Novo is

Coordinates: 6.4965° N, 2.6036° E
Time zone: Africa/Porto-Novo
Current offset: UTC+01:00
Elevation: 20 m
Population: 264,320

Sunrise and sunset in Porto-Novo, September 2026

September 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Tue 1	06:21	06:42	12:49	18:56	19:17	12h 14m	−0:21	18:28–19:09	🌖 81%
Wed 2	06:21	06:42	12:49	18:56	19:17	12h 13m	−0:21	18:28–19:09	🌖 71%
Thu 3	06:21	06:42	12:48	18:55	19:16	12h 13m	−0:21	18:27–19:08	🌖 60%
Fri 4	06:20	06:41	12:48	18:55	19:16	12h 13m	−0:21	18:27–19:08	🌗 48%
Sat 5	06:20	06:41	12:48	18:54	19:15	12h 12m	−0:21	18:27–19:07	🌘 37%
Sun 6	06:20	06:41	12:47	18:54	19:15	12h 12m	−0:21	18:26–19:07	🌘 26%
Mon 7	06:20	06:41	12:47	18:53	19:14	12h 12m	−0:21	18:26–19:06	🌘 16%
Tue 8	06:20	06:41	12:47	18:53	19:14	12h 11m	−0:21	18:25–19:05	🌘 9%
Wed 9	06:20	06:41	12:46	18:52	19:13	12h 11m	−0:21	18:25–19:05	🌘 3%
Thu 10	06:20	06:40	12:46	18:52	19:13	12h 11m	−0:21	18:24–19:04	🌘 0%
Fri 11	06:19	06:40	12:46	18:51	19:12	12h 10m	−0:21	18:24–19:04	🌑 0%
Sat 12	06:19	06:40	12:45	18:51	19:11	12h 10m	−0:21	18:23–19:03	🌒 2%
Sun 13	06:19	06:40	12:45	18:50	19:11	12h 10m	−0:21	18:22–19:03	🌒 7%
Mon 14	06:19	06:40	12:45	18:50	19:10	12h 9m	−0:21	18:22–19:02	🌒 13%
Tue 15	06:19	06:40	12:44	18:49	19:10	12h 9m	−0:21	18:21–19:02	🌒 20%
Wed 16	06:19	06:39	12:44	18:48	19:09	12h 9m	−0:21	18:21–19:01	🌒 28%
Thu 17	06:18	06:39	12:44	18:48	19:09	12h 8m	−0:21	18:20–19:01	🌒 37%
Fri 18	06:18	06:39	12:43	18:47	19:08	12h 8m	−0:21	18:20–19:00	🌓 46%
Sat 19	06:18	06:39	12:43	18:47	19:08	12h 7m	−0:21	18:19–19:00	🌔 56%
Sun 20	06:18	06:39	12:43	18:46	19:07	12h 7m	−0:21	18:19–18:59	🌔 65%
Mon 21	06:18	06:39	12:42	18:46	19:07	12h 7m	−0:21	18:18–18:59	🌔 74%
Tue 22	06:18	06:38	12:42	18:45	19:06	12h 6m	−0:21	18:18–18:58	🌔 82%
Wed 23	06:17	06:38	12:41	18:45	19:06	12h 6m	−0:21	18:17–18:57	🌔 88%
Thu 24	06:17	06:38	12:41	18:44	19:05	12h 6m	−0:21	18:17–18:57	🌔 94%
Fri 25	06:17	06:38	12:41	18:44	19:04	12h 5m	−0:21	18:16–18:56	🌔 98%
Sat 26	06:17	06:38	12:40	18:43	19:04	12h 5m	−0:21	18:16–18:56	🌕 100%
Sun 27	06:17	06:37	12:40	18:43	19:03	12h 5m	−0:21	18:15–18:55	🌖 99%
Mon 28	06:17	06:37	12:40	18:42	19:03	12h 4m	−0:21	18:15–18:55	🌖 97%
Tue 29	06:16	06:37	12:39	18:42	19:02	12h 4m	−0:21	18:14–18:54	🌖 91%
Wed 30	06:16	06:37	12:39	18:41	19:02	12h 4m	−0:21	18:14–18:54	🌖 84%

More columns for September 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction

September 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date	Astro. dawn	Naut. dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Naut. dusk	Astro. dusk	Night	Max altitude	Sunset direction
Tue 1	05:32	05:56	06:42	18:56	19:42	20:06	11h 45m	88.3°	278° W
Wed 2	05:32	05:56	06:42	18:56	19:41	20:06	11h 45m	88.7°	278° W
Thu 3	05:32	05:56	06:42	18:55	19:41	20:05	11h 46m	89.1°	277° W
Fri 4	05:32	05:56	06:41	18:55	19:40	20:05	11h 46m	89.4°	277° W
Sat 5	05:32	05:56	06:41	18:54	19:40	20:04	11h 46m	89.8°	277° W
Sun 6	05:31	05:56	06:41	18:54	19:39	20:03	11h 47m	89.8°	276° W
Mon 7	05:31	05:56	06:41	18:53	19:38	20:03	11h 47m	89.5°	276° W
Tue 8	05:31	05:56	06:41	18:53	19:38	20:02	11h 47m	89.1°	276° W
Wed 9	05:31	05:55	06:41	18:52	19:37	20:02	11h 48m	88.7°	275° W
Thu 10	05:31	05:55	06:40	18:52	19:37	20:01	11h 48m	88.3°	275° W
Fri 11	05:31	05:55	06:40	18:51	19:36	20:01	11h 49m	87.9°	274° W
Sat 12	05:31	05:55	06:40	18:51	19:36	20:00	11h 49m	87.6°	274° W
Sun 13	05:31	05:55	06:40	18:50	19:35	19:59	11h 49m	87.2°	274° W
Mon 14	05:30	05:55	06:40	18:50	19:35	19:59	11h 50m	86.8°	273° W
Tue 15	05:30	05:55	06:40	18:49	19:34	19:58	11h 50m	86.4°	273° W
Wed 16	05:30	05:54	06:39	18:48	19:33	19:58	11h 50m	86.0°	273° W
Thu 17	05:30	05:54	06:39	18:48	19:33	19:57	11h 51m	85.6°	272° W
Fri 18	05:30	05:54	06:39	18:47	19:32	19:57	11h 51m	85.3°	272° W
Sat 19	05:30	05:54	06:39	18:47	19:32	19:56	11h 51m	84.9°	271° W
Sun 20	05:30	05:54	06:39	18:46	19:31	19:55	11h 52m	84.5°	271° W
Mon 21	05:29	05:54	06:39	18:46	19:31	19:55	11h 52m	84.1°	271° W
Tue 22	05:29	05:53	06:38	18:45	19:30	19:54	11h 52m	83.7°	270° W
Wed 23	05:29	05:53	06:38	18:45	19:30	19:54	11h 53m	83.3°	270° W
Thu 24	05:29	05:53	06:38	18:44	19:29	19:53	11h 53m	82.9°	269° W
Fri 25	05:29	05:53	06:38	18:44	19:29	19:53	11h 54m	82.5°	269° W
Sat 26	05:29	05:53	06:38	18:43	19:28	19:52	11h 54m	82.1°	269° W
Sun 27	05:28	05:53	06:37	18:43	19:28	19:52	11h 54m	81.8°	268° W
Mon 28	05:28	05:52	06:37	18:42	19:27	19:51	11h 55m	81.4°	268° W
Tue 29	05:28	05:52	06:37	18:42	19:27	19:51	11h 55m	81.0°	267° W
Wed 30	05:28	05:52	06:37	18:41	19:26	19:50	11h 55m	80.6°	267° W

October 2026

October 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Thu 1	06:16	06:37	12:39	18:41	19:01	12h 3m	−0:21	18:13–18:53	🌖 75%
Fri 2	06:16	06:37	12:38	18:40	19:01	12h 3m	−0:21	18:13–18:53	🌖 64%
Sat 3	06:16	06:37	12:38	18:40	19:00	12h 3m	−0:21	18:12–18:52	🌗 52%
Sun 4	06:16	06:36	12:38	18:39	19:00	12h 2m	−0:21	18:12–18:52	🌘 40%
Mon 5	06:15	06:36	12:38	18:39	18:59	12h 2m	−0:21	18:11–18:51	🌘 29%
Tue 6	06:15	06:36	12:37	18:38	18:59	12h 1m	−0:21	18:11–18:51	🌘 19%
Wed 7	06:15	06:36	12:37	18:38	18:59	12h 1m	−0:21	18:10–18:50	🌘 11%
Thu 8	06:15	06:36	12:37	18:37	18:58	12h 1m	−0:21	18:10–18:50	🌘 5%
Fri 9	06:15	06:36	12:36	18:37	18:58	12h 0m	−0:21	18:09–18:50	🌘 1%
Sat 10	06:15	06:36	12:36	18:36	18:57	12h 0m	−0:21	18:09–18:49	🌑 0%
Sun 11	06:15	06:36	12:36	18:36	18:57	12h 0m	−0:21	18:08–18:49	🌒 1%
Mon 12	06:15	06:36	12:36	18:35	18:56	11h 59m	−0:21	18:08–18:48	🌒 4%
Tue 13	06:15	06:36	12:35	18:35	18:56	11h 59m	−0:20	18:07–18:48	🌒 9%
Wed 14	06:14	06:35	12:35	18:35	18:56	11h 59m	−0:20	18:07–18:48	🌒 15%
Thu 15	06:14	06:35	12:35	18:34	18:55	11h 58m	−0:20	18:06–18:47	🌒 22%
Fri 16	06:14	06:35	12:35	18:34	18:55	11h 58m	−0:20	18:06–18:47	🌒 30%
Sat 17	06:14	06:35	12:34	18:33	18:55	11h 58m	−0:20	18:06–18:46	🌒 39%
Sun 18	06:14	06:35	12:34	18:33	18:54	11h 57m	−0:20	18:05–18:46	🌓 48%
Mon 19	06:14	06:35	12:34	18:33	18:54	11h 57m	−0:20	18:05–18:46	🌔 58%
Tue 20	06:14	06:35	12:34	18:32	18:54	11h 57m	−0:20	18:04–18:45	🌔 67%
Wed 21	06:14	06:35	12:34	18:32	18:53	11h 56m	−0:20	18:04–18:45	🌔 76%
Thu 22	06:14	06:35	12:34	18:32	18:53	11h 56m	−0:20	18:04–18:45	🌔 84%
Fri 23	06:14	06:35	12:33	18:31	18:53	11h 56m	−0:19	18:03–18:44	🌔 91%
Sat 24	06:14	06:35	12:33	18:31	18:52	11h 55m	−0:19	18:03–18:44	🌔 96%
Sun 25	06:14	06:35	12:33	18:31	18:52	11h 55m	−0:19	18:03–18:44	🌔 99%
Mon 26	06:14	06:35	12:33	18:31	18:52	11h 55m	−0:19	18:02–18:44	🌕 100%
Tue 27	06:14	06:35	12:33	18:30	18:52	11h 54m	−0:19	18:02–18:43	🌖 98%
Wed 28	06:14	06:35	12:33	18:30	18:51	11h 54m	−0:19	18:02–18:43	🌖 94%
Thu 29	06:14	06:36	12:33	18:30	18:51	11h 54m	−0:19	18:02–18:43	🌖 87%
Fri 30	06:14	06:36	12:33	18:30	18:51	11h 54m	−0:18	18:01–18:43	🌖 78%
Sat 31	06:14	06:36	12:33	18:29	18:51	11h 53m	−0:18	18:01–18:43	🌖 68%

Longest and shortest day in Porto-Novo

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 12h 29m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 3 months, with 11h 44m.

Between them the day length swings by 45m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:28 on 12 November; the latest is 19:09 on 16 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 06:32 on 25 May to 07:07 on 1 February.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Porto-Novo different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:40, a full 41 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

Light lingers for 21 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 3 minutes shorter than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 6.5°N buys you.

Over a year the sunset point slides 47° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

Across September the sunset moves 15 minutes earlier, averaging about 31 seconds a day.

Twice a year the sun passes directly overhead here — on 6 April and 6 September — and vertical objects cast almost no shadow at solar noon.

At 6.5° the seasons barely touch the clock: 45 minutes separate midsummer from midwinter, against roughly 8.8 hours in London.

The times barely move this week: the shortest day of the year falls on 21 December, in 3 months, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 7 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Porto-Novo

Arrive by 18:01. Golden hour opens at 18:16 and the sun is down by 18:43, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 269° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:56 and runs to 19:04, the end of civil twilight and 20m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Porto-Novo — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Porto-Novo today?

The sun sets in Porto-Novo at 18:43 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Porto-Novo?

It takes 20m. Civil twilight ends at 19:04 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Porto-Novo?

Evening golden hour runs 18:16 to 18:56 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Porto-Novo covers the morning window and the coming week.