During Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast for a full lunar month - they begin fasting at the Fajr call to prayer just before sunrise and break their fast at sundown.
In recent years, Ramadan has moved increasingly into the summer months which bring long days in the northern hemisphere and sweltering heat for many countries. Conversely, Ramadan has fallen on the shortest, winter days in the southern hemisphere. For that Bangladeshi Muslims are fasting for 15 hours.
Last year, fasting hours across the world ranged between 11 and 22 hours. This year, fasting hours will range between 10 hours in Chile and 21 hours in Greenland.
Because the sun rises and sets a little earlier (or a little later) each day, fasting hours in Ramadan also change by a few minutes throughout the month.
By the end of Ramadan, the day will be a little longer than at the beginning in some countries, and shorter in others.
Below is how long fasting hours are estimated to be in cities around the world. Actual fasting hours and times will vary by day, as well as calculation methods.
Greenland’s people are fasting for the longest time, which is 21 hours. In the same way Chili’s people fasts for 10 hour only.
Scandinavian country like Norway, Finland, Sweden’s people are fasting for 20-19 hours. In the same way Russia, Denmark, Germany’s people are fasting for 20-19 hours/
On the other hand people of Canada, Poland, UK, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Switzerland and France are fasting for 19-18 hours.
Romania, Italy’s people are fasting for 18-17 hours. Spain, Portugal, Greece, China, US, N Korea, Turkey, Japan, Afghanistan, Morocco, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria’s people are fasting for 17-16 hours.
In the same way people of Egypt, Palestine, Kuwait, India, Hongkong, Bangladesh, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE are fasting 15 hours only.
Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia, Srilanka, Thailand’s fasting hours are 15-14 hours. Country of South East Asia like Malaysia, Singapore’s people are fasting for 13 and half hours only.
Angola, Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Zimbabwe South Africa’s people are fasting for 13-12 hours.
People of New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa and Australia are fasting for 12 to 11 hours.
Source: Al Jazeera.
