About Parakou
Discover Parakou, which is located in Benin, home to 255,478 residents, with a Latitude, Longitude of 9° 20' 13.78" N, 9° 20' 13.78" N. Today is Saturday, May 24, and the city observes the West Africa Standard Time time zone. It's 4 days away from the next major holiday, Ascension Day. 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 7 more days left in the month of May. We are currently on the 144th day of the year, with 221 days remaining and so far 39.45% of the year has passed.
Key Information About Parakou
- Time Zone
- West Africa Standard Time
- Current UTC Offset
- UTC +01
- Country ISO 2
- BJ
- Country ISO 3
- BEN
- Population
- 255,478
- Country Dialing Code
- +229
- Top Level Domain
- .bj
- Time Zone Identifier
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- State/Region
- Borgou
- Country
- Benin
- Elevation
- 0 Meters or 0 Feet
- Currency Code / Name
- XOF / Franc
- Coordinates in Decimal Degrees (DD)
- Latitude: 9.33716
Longitude: 2.63031 - Coordinates in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)
- Latitude: 9° 20' 13.78" N
Longitude: 2° 37' 49.12" E - Coordinates in Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DMM)
- Latitude: 9° 20.230' N
Longitude: 2° 37.819' E - Alternate Names of Parakou
- PKO, Parakou, Paraku, pa la ku, palaku, paraku, parakw bnyn, Параку, פאראקו, پاراکو، بنین, パラクー, 帕拉庫, 파라쿠