We may dread the long hours of fasting for Ramadan, but we’re far luckier than our brothers and sisters in the north who get only two or three hours of binge eating time! Meanwhile, Aussies seem to have the best deal with the shortest fasting hours.
Check out the five cities with the longest time between the Fajr and Maghrib prayers at the start of Ramadan on June 29, 2014 and the five cities with the shortest, according to IslamicFinder.org:
LONGEST
Reykjavik, Iceland: 21 hours, 57 minutes
Stockholm, Sweden: 20 hours, 57 minutes
Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.: 19 hours, 51 minutes
London, England: 18 hours, 53 minutes
Berlin, Germany: 19 hours, 1 minutes
SHORTEST
Sydney, Australia: 9 hours, 56 minutes
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 12 hours, 4 minutes
Jakarta, Indonesia: 13 hours, 1 minute
Punta Arenas, Chile: 13 hours, 26 minutes
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 13 hours, 33 minutes
WE SAID THIS: Don’t miss our guide for Ramadan TV this year!