Here is the fasting hour in your country + how Muslims in cities such as Longyearbyen, Norway, where the sun does not set from April 20 to August 22 will fast
This year, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan started on Tuesday, April 13. The pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 10 to 21 hours depending on where in the world you are.
The number of daylight hours varies from country to country.
Muslims living in the world’s southernmost countries such as South Africa, Chile or New Zealand will fast an average of 11 hours while those living in northern countries such as Iceland or Norway will have as much as 21 hours fast.
For Muslims living in the Northern Hemisphere, the number of fasting hours, a report by Aljazeera read, will be a bit shorter this year and will continue to decrease until 2032, which is the year Ramadan will fall during the winter solstice – the shortest day of the year.
After that, fasting hours will increase until the summer solstice – the longest day of the Northern year.
For Muslims living south of the equator, the opposite will happen.
In extreme northernmost cities such as Longyearbyen, Norway, where the sun does not set from April 20 to August 22, religious rulings, or fatwas, have been issued to follow timings in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, or the nearest Muslim country.
Below are the number of fasting hours in cities around the world.
Actual fasting hours and times will vary by day, as well as calculation methods:
– Nuuk, Greenland: 19-20 hours
– Reykjavik, Iceland: 19-20 hours
– Helsinki, Finland: 18-19 hours
– Stockholm, Sweden: 17-18 hours
– Glasgow, Scotland, UK: 17-18 hours
– Oslo, Norway: 17-18 hours
– Copenhagen, Denmark: 17-18 hours
– Moscow, Russia: 17-18 hours
– Berlin, Germany: 16-17 hours
– Amsterdam, the Netherlands: 16-17 hours
– Warsaw, Poland: 16-17 hours
– London, UK: 16-17 hours
– Paris, France: 16-17 hours
– Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: 16-17 hours
– Brussels, Belgium: 16-17 hours
– Zurich, Switzerland: 16-17 hours
– Bucharest, Romania: 15-16 hours
– Ottawa, Canada: 15-16 hours
– Sofia, Bulgaria: 15-16 hours
– Rome, Italy: 15-16 hours
– Madrid, Spain: 15-16 hours
– Lisbon, Portugal: 15-16 hours
– Athens, Greece: 15-16 hours
– Beijing, China: 15-16 hours
– Washington, DC, US: 15-16 hours
– Pyongyang, North Korea: 15-16 hours
– Ankara, Turkey: 15-16 hours
– Rabat, Morocco: 14-15 hours
– Tokyo, Japan: 14-15 hours
– Islamabad, Pakistan: 14-15 hours
– Tehran, Iran: 14-15 hours
– Baghdad, Iraq: 14-15 hours
– Beirut, Lebanon: 14-15 hours
– Damascus, Syria: 14-15 hours
– Cairo, Egypt: 14-15 hours
– Jerusalem: 14-15 hours
– Kuwait City, Kuwait: 14-15 hours
– Gaza City, Palestine: 14-15 hours
— New Delhi, India: 14-15 hours
– Hong Kong: 14-15 hours
– Dhaka, Bangladesh: 14-15 hours
– Muscat, Oman: 14-15 hours
– Kabul, Afghanistan: 14-15 hours
– Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 14-15 hours
– Doha, Qatar: 14-15 hours
– Dubai, UAE: 14-15 hours
– Aden, Yemen: 13-14 hours
– Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 13-14 hours
– Dakar, Senegal: 13-14 hours
– Abuja, Nigeria: 13-14 hours
– Colombo, Sri Lanka: 13-14 hours
– Bangkok, Thailand: 13-14 hours
– Khartoum, Sudan: 13-14 hours
– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 13-14 hours
– Singapore: 13-14 hours
– Nairobi, Kenya: 13-14 hours
– Luanda, Angola: 12-13 hours
– Jakarta, Indonesia: 12-13 hours
– Brasilia, Brazil: 12-13 hours
– Harare, Zimbabwe: 12-13 hours
– Johannesburg, South Africa: 11-12 hours
– Buenos Aires, Argentina: 11-12 hours
– Ciudad del Este, Paraguay: 11-12 hours
– Cape Town, South Africa: 11-12 hours
– Montevideo, Uruguay: 11-12 hours
– Canberra, Australia: 11-12 hours
– Puerto Montt, Chile: 11-12 hours
– Christchurch, New Zealand: 11-12 hours
