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Donga, Benin

Donga follows West Africa Time, UTC+1, on every date of the year. The department has no daylight-saving clock changes and shares its time with all other parts of Benin.

Djougou, Benin

08:15:14

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+1 · Africa/Porto-Novo

Time and sun data for Djougou — the largest city of Donga

The sun in Djougou

Sunrise 06:45 Solar noon 12:54 Sunset 19:02 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 06:24 – 19:23

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Largest cities

Djougou 94 773
Bassila 46 569
Kopargo 28 605
Ouake 17 259

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Current time in Donga, Benin

The current time for Donga applies equally to Djougou, Bassila, Ouaké and Copargo. Although the department stretches across part of western Benin, it contains no internal time-zone boundary. Adding one hour to UTC gives local time in Donga. Subtracting one hour converts Donga time back to UTC. This relationship remains stable because Benin does not advance or delay clocks for summer time.

Differences with Europe or North America may still change during the year when those regions alter their clocks. The safe approach for a remote appointment is to check both locations for the meeting date.

Donga’s four communes share one clock, leaving travelers only the roads—not arithmetic—to negotiate.

Djougou and the department’s communes

Djougou is the capital and chief urban center of Donga. It is often the most useful place to select for a local forecast, sunrise calculation or travel schedule. The department consists of four communes centered on:

Djougou Bassila Ouaké Copargo Every commune observes UTC+1. If a bus timetable gives departure in Bassila and arrival in Djougou, both entries are already expressed on the same clock. No hidden hour needs to be added at the departmental border.

Djougou is a convenient reference, but a city label does not alter the official time elsewhere. A clock set for Benin remains correct in rural communities as well as in the main towns, provided the device itself is synchronized accurately.

Finding the right sunrise time

Sunrise in Donga is a local astronomical event, not a department-wide switch. It varies with the date and the coordinates used for the calculation. Bassila lies farther south than Djougou, while Ouaké and Copargo occupy different longitudes, so their exact results need not match.

Seasonal movement changes when the sun crosses the horizon according to the clock. This happens even though Donga remains on UTC+1. The steady legal time and the shifting solar time describe different things.

Choose the closest commune center for ordinary planning and a precise location for work that depends closely on light. Trees, hills, cloud and buildings can make direct sunlight appear later than the calculated sunrise. Dawn also begins before sunrise, so the listed sunrise should not be read as the first moment when the surroundings become light.

Questions and answers

Is Djougou in the UTC+1 zone?: Yes. Djougou and the whole Donga department use UTC+1.
Does Donga have summer time?: No. Its clocks do not change seasonally.
Should I use Djougou’s sunrise for Bassila?: It is adequate as a rough guide, but Bassila’s own calculation is more precise.