Local time
Sun, 11:05 PM GMT+1Africa/Porto-NovoCityCapital
Cotonou
6.40° N, 2.52° E
- Population
- 762,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 9
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 9 cities of Benin in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Benin, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Porto-Novo
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Cotonou, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Cotonou have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
In the native Fon language, Cotonou means "mouth of the river of death."
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person