Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Benin City, Nigeria

In Benin City, Nigeria the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:47 and rises at 06:31. Daylight lasts 12h 16m; evening golden hour runs from 18:19 to 19:00.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light
06:10
Sunrise
06:31
Solar noon
12:39
Sunset
18:47
Last light
19:08
Day length
12h 16m

the sun has already set today

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:19 – 19:00
Blue hour
19:00 – 19:08
Max sun altitude
85.7°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:53 / 04:09

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:47 Golden hour 18:19 – 19:00 Day length 12h 16m vs today the same length

Where Benin City is

Coordinates
6.3381° N, 5.6258° E
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Current offset
UTC+01:00
Elevation
88 m
Population
1,782,000

Sunrise and sunset in Benin City, August 2026

August 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
Sat 1 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:55 19:17 12h 23m −0:15 18:26–19:09 🌖 93%
Sun 2 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:55 19:17 12h 23m −0:16 18:26–19:08 🌖 86%
Mon 3 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:55 19:17 12h 23m −0:16 18:26–19:08 🌖 78%
Tue 4 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:54 19:16 12h 22m −0:16 18:26–19:08 🌖 68%
Wed 5 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:54 19:16 12h 22m −0:16 18:26–19:08 🌖 57%
Thu 6 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:54 19:16 12h 22m −0:17 18:25–19:07 🌗 45%
Fri 7 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:54 19:15 12h 21m −0:17 18:25–19:07 🌘 34%
Sat 8 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:53 19:15 12h 21m −0:17 18:25–19:07 🌘 23%
Sun 9 06:10 06:32 12:43 18:53 19:15 12h 21m −0:17 18:25–19:06 🌘 14%
Mon 10 06:10 06:32 12:42 18:53 19:15 12h 21m −0:17 18:24–19:06 🌘 7%
Tue 11 06:10 06:32 12:42 18:53 19:14 12h 20m −0:18 18:24–19:06 🌘 2%
Wed 12 06:10 06:32 12:42 18:52 19:14 12h 20m −0:18 18:24–19:05 🌑 0%
Thu 13 06:10 06:32 12:42 18:52 19:13 12h 20m −0:18 18:24–19:05 🌒 1%
Fri 14 06:10 06:32 12:42 18:52 19:13 12h 19m −0:18 18:23–19:05 🌒 4%
Sat 15 06:10 06:32 12:42 18:51 19:13 12h 19m −0:18 18:23–19:04 🌒 9%
Sun 16 06:10 06:32 12:41 18:51 19:12 12h 19m −0:18 18:23–19:04 🌒 16%
Mon 17 06:10 06:32 12:41 18:51 19:12 12h 18m −0:19 18:22–19:04 🌒 25%
Tue 18 06:10 06:32 12:41 18:50 19:12 12h 18m −0:19 18:22–19:03 🌒 34%
Wed 19 06:10 06:31 12:41 18:50 19:11 12h 18m −0:19 18:22–19:03 🌒 44%
Thu 20 06:10 06:31 12:40 18:49 19:11 12h 18m −0:19 18:21–19:02 🌓 53%
Fri 21 06:10 06:31 12:40 18:49 19:10 12h 17m −0:19 18:21–19:02 🌔 62%
Sat 22 06:10 06:31 12:40 18:49 19:10 12h 17m −0:19 18:21–19:02 🌔 71%
Sun 23 06:10 06:31 12:40 18:48 19:09 12h 17m −0:19 18:20–19:01 🌔 79%
Mon 24 06:10 06:31 12:39 18:48 19:09 12h 16m −0:19 18:20–19:01 🌔 86%
Tue 25 06:10 06:31 12:39 18:47 19:08 12h 16m −0:20 18:19–19:00 🌔 92%
Wed 26 06:10 06:31 12:39 18:47 19:08 12h 16m −0:20 18:19–19:00 🌔 97%
Thu 27 06:09 06:31 12:39 18:46 19:08 12h 15m −0:20 18:18–18:59 🌔 99%
Fri 28 06:09 06:31 12:38 18:46 19:07 12h 15m −0:20 18:18–18:59 🌕 100%
Sat 29 06:09 06:30 12:38 18:45 19:07 12h 15m −0:20 18:18–18:58 🌖 99%
Sun 30 06:09 06:30 12:38 18:45 19:06 12h 14m −0:20 18:17–18:58 🌖 95%
Mon 31 06:09 06:30 12:37 18:45 19:06 12h 14m −0:20 18:17–18:57 🌖 89%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 05:18 05:44 06:32 18:55 19:43 20:08 11h 36m 78.4° 288° WNW
Sun 2 05:18 05:44 06:32 18:55 19:42 20:08 11h 36m 78.7° 288° WNW
Mon 3 05:19 05:44 06:32 18:55 19:42 20:08 11h 37m 78.9° 288° WNW
Tue 4 05:19 05:44 06:32 18:54 19:42 20:07 11h 37m 79.2° 287° WNW
Wed 5 05:19 05:45 06:32 18:54 19:41 20:07 11h 37m 79.5° 287° WNW
Thu 6 05:19 05:45 06:32 18:54 19:41 20:07 11h 37m 79.7° 287° WNW
Fri 7 05:19 05:45 06:32 18:54 19:41 20:06 11h 38m 80.0° 286° WNW
Sat 8 05:19 05:45 06:32 18:53 19:40 20:06 11h 38m 80.3° 286° WNW
Sun 9 05:19 05:45 06:32 18:53 19:40 20:05 11h 38m 80.6° 286° WNW
Mon 10 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:53 19:40 20:05 11h 38m 80.9° 286° WNW
Tue 11 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:53 19:39 20:05 11h 39m 81.2° 285° WNW
Wed 12 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:52 19:39 20:04 11h 39m 81.5° 285° WNW
Thu 13 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:52 19:39 20:04 11h 39m 81.8° 285° WNW
Fri 14 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:52 19:38 20:03 11h 40m 82.1° 284° WNW
Sat 15 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:51 19:38 20:03 11h 40m 82.4° 284° WNW
Sun 16 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:51 19:37 20:02 11h 40m 82.7° 284° WNW
Mon 17 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:51 19:37 20:02 11h 40m 83.0° 283° WNW
Tue 18 05:20 05:45 06:32 18:50 19:36 20:01 11h 41m 83.3° 283° WNW
Wed 19 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:50 19:36 20:01 11h 41m 83.7° 283° WNW
Thu 20 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:49 19:36 20:00 11h 41m 84.0° 282° WNW
Fri 21 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:49 19:35 20:00 11h 42m 84.3° 282° WNW
Sat 22 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:49 19:35 19:59 11h 42m 84.7° 282° WNW
Sun 23 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:48 19:34 19:59 11h 42m 85.0° 281° WNW
Mon 24 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:48 19:34 19:58 11h 43m 85.3° 281° W
Tue 25 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:47 19:33 19:58 11h 43m 85.7° 281° W
Wed 26 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:47 19:33 19:57 11h 43m 86.0° 280° W
Thu 27 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:46 19:32 19:57 11h 44m 86.4° 280° W
Fri 28 05:20 05:45 06:31 18:46 19:32 19:56 11h 44m 86.7° 280° W
Sat 29 05:20 05:45 06:30 18:45 19:31 19:56 11h 44m 87.1° 279° W
Sun 30 05:20 05:45 06:30 18:45 19:31 19:55 11h 45m 87.4° 279° W
Mon 31 05:20 05:45 06:30 18:45 19:30 19:55 11h 45m 87.8° 279° W

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 06:09 06:30 12:37 18:44 19:05 12h 14m −0:20 18:16–18:57 🌖 81%
Wed 2 06:09 06:30 12:37 18:44 19:05 12h 13m −0:20 18:16–18:56 🌖 71%
Thu 3 06:09 06:30 12:36 18:43 19:04 12h 13m −0:20 18:15–18:56 🌖 60%
Fri 4 06:08 06:29 12:36 18:43 19:04 12h 13m −0:20 18:15–18:55 🌗 48%
Sat 5 06:08 06:29 12:36 18:42 19:03 12h 12m −0:20 18:14–18:55 🌘 37%
Sun 6 06:08 06:29 12:35 18:42 19:02 12h 12m −0:20 18:14–18:54 🌘 26%
Mon 7 06:08 06:29 12:35 18:41 19:02 12h 12m −0:20 18:13–18:54 🌘 16%
Tue 8 06:08 06:29 12:35 18:41 19:01 12h 11m −0:20 18:13–18:53 🌘 9%
Wed 9 06:08 06:29 12:34 18:40 19:01 12h 11m −0:21 18:12–18:53 🌘 3%
Thu 10 06:08 06:28 12:34 18:39 19:00 12h 11m −0:21 18:12–18:52 🌘 0%
Fri 11 06:07 06:28 12:34 18:39 19:00 12h 10m −0:21 18:11–18:52 🌑 0%
Sat 12 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 18:59 12h 10m −0:21 18:11–18:51 🌒 2%
Sun 13 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 18:59 12h 10m −0:21 18:10–18:51 🌒 7%
Mon 14 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:37 18:58 12h 9m −0:21 18:10–18:50 🌒 13%
Tue 15 06:07 06:28 12:32 18:37 18:58 12h 9m −0:21 18:09–18:50 🌒 20%
Wed 16 06:07 06:27 12:32 18:36 18:57 12h 8m −0:21 18:09–18:49 🌒 28%
Thu 17 06:06 06:27 12:32 18:36 18:57 12h 8m −0:21 18:08–18:49 🌒 37%
Fri 18 06:06 06:27 12:31 18:35 18:56 12h 8m −0:21 18:08–18:48 🌓 46%
Sat 19 06:06 06:27 12:31 18:35 18:56 12h 7m −0:21 18:07–18:47 🌔 56%
Sun 20 06:06 06:27 12:30 18:34 18:55 12h 7m −0:21 18:07–18:47 🌔 65%
Mon 21 06:06 06:26 12:30 18:34 18:54 12h 7m −0:21 18:06–18:46 🌔 74%
Tue 22 06:05 06:26 12:30 18:33 18:54 12h 6m −0:21 18:06–18:46 🌔 82%
Wed 23 06:05 06:26 12:29 18:33 18:53 12h 6m −0:21 18:05–18:45 🌔 88%
Thu 24 06:05 06:26 12:29 18:32 18:53 12h 6m −0:21 18:05–18:45 🌔 94%
Fri 25 06:05 06:26 12:29 18:32 18:52 12h 5m −0:21 18:04–18:44 🌔 98%
Sat 26 06:05 06:26 12:28 18:31 18:52 12h 5m −0:21 18:04–18:44 🌕 100%
Sun 27 06:05 06:25 12:28 18:31 18:51 12h 5m −0:21 18:03–18:43 🌖 99%
Mon 28 06:04 06:25 12:28 18:30 18:51 12h 4m −0:21 18:03–18:43 🌖 97%
Tue 29 06:04 06:25 12:27 18:30 18:50 12h 4m −0:21 18:02–18:42 🌖 91%
Wed 30 06:04 06:25 12:27 18:29 18:50 12h 4m −0:21 18:01–18:42 🌖 84%

Longest and shortest day in Benin City

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 12h 29m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 11h 45m.

Between them the day length swings by 44m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:16 on 12 November; the latest is 18:57 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 06:21 on 24 May to 06:55 on 1 February.

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

What makes sunsets in Benin City different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:39, a full 40 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 6.3°N buys you.

Between the June and December solstices the length of the day swings by 44m here — among the narrowest of the 110 cities tracked in Nigeria.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 47° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

Across August the sunset moves 11 minutes earlier, averaging about 21 seconds a day.

Being inside the tropics means two zenith passages a year, 6 April and 7 September, when the sun is straight up at solar noon rather than merely high. The next one is in 13 days.

Sunset lands at close to the same time all year — the annual spread in day length is only 44 minutes, compared with about 8.8 hours at London's latitude.

Around a solstice the day length flattens out, and that is where the calendar is now: the longest day is 21 June, 2 months ago, and sunset moves a mere 7 minutes earlier in the coming fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Benin City

Arrive by 18:04. Golden hour opens at 18:19 and the sun is down by 18:47, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 281° 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 19:00 and runs to 19:08, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Benin City — 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 Benin City today?

The sun sets in Benin City at 18:47 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Benin City?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 19:08 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Benin City?

Evening golden hour runs 18:19 to 19:00 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Benin City covers the morning window and the coming week.

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