Cities with the Longest and Shortest Fasting Hours for Ramadan

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

 

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