About Cotonou
Discover Cotonou, which is located in Benin, home to 679,012 residents, with a Latitude, Longitude of 6° 21' 55.3" N, 6° 21' 55.3" N. Today is Wednesday, March 12, and the city observes the West Africa Standard Time time zone. It's 17 days away from the next major holiday, End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr). To view additional holidays for this year, you can reference the holiday calendar for Benin.
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Current Date and Time Information
This year is not a leap year, so our calendar we will have 365 days this year. We have 19 more days left in the month of March. We are currently on the 71st day of the year, with 294 days remaining and so far 19.45% of the year has passed.
Key Information About Cotonou
- Time Zone
- West Africa Standard Time
- Current UTC Offset
- UTC +01
- Country ISO 2
- BJ
- Country ISO 3
- BEN
- Population
- 679,012
- Country Dialing Code
- +229
- Top Level Domain
- .bj
- Time Zone Identifier
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- State/Region
- Littoral
- Country
- Benin
- Elevation
- 0 Meters or 0 Feet
- Currency Code / Name
- XOF / Franc
- Coordinates in Decimal Degrees (DD)
- Latitude: 6.36536
Longitude: 2.41833 - Coordinates in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)
- Latitude: 6° 21' 55.3" N
Longitude: 2° 25' 5.99" E - Coordinates in Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DMM)
- Latitude: 6° 21.922' N
Longitude: 2° 25.100' E - Alternate Names of Cotonou
- Appi, COO, Catonou, Cotonou, Cotonu, Cotonú, Katanu, Kotonou, Kotonu, Kotonuo, Kutonu, Kútọnu, ji da nu, ke tuo nu