Ramadan 2025: Here's list of countries with longest and shortest hours

The holy month of Ramadan has started across the globe and for the next 29 or 30 days, Muslims observing the fast will refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, a period lasting from 12 to 16 hours, which depends on their location.

Each year, Ramadan begins 10 to 12 days earlier. This is due to the fact that Islamic calendar is based on the lunar Hijri calendar with months that are 29 or 30 days long, reported Al Jazeera.

Ramadan will be observed twice in the year 2030, first beginning on January 5 and then starting on December 26, as the lunar year is shorter than the solar year by 11 days.

Muslims, who are residing in the world’s southernmost countries, such as Chile or New Zealand, will fast for about 13 hours, whereas, those residing in the northernmost countries, such as Iceland or Greenland, will have fasts lasting 16 hours or more on their longest days.

Moreover, the number of fasting hours will be a bit shorter this year and will continue to decrease until 2031, which is the year Ramadan will encompass the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, for Muslims living in the Northern Hemisphere.

However, after that, fasting hours will increase in the Northern Hemisphere until its summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year.

The opposite will happen for fasting Muslims living south of the equator.

Longest and shortest fasts
Following is the list of the countries with longest and shortest fasts.

Nuuk, Greenland: 16 hours
Reykjavik, Iceland: 16 hours
Helsinki, Finland: 15 hours
Oslo, Norway: 15 hours
Stockholm, Sweden: 15 hours
Glasgow, Scotland: 15 hours
Berlin, Germany: 14 hours
Dublin, Ireland: 14 hours
Moscow, Russia: 14 hours
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 14 hours
Warsaw, Poland: 14 hours
Astana, Kazakhstan: 14 hours
Brussels, Belgium: 14 hours
London, United Kingdom: 14 hours
Zurich, Switzerland: 14 hours
Bucharest, Romania: 14 hours
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 14 hours
Sofia, Bulgaria: 14 hours
Rome, Italy: 14 hours
Madrid, Spain: 14 hours
Paris, France: 14 hours
Ankara, Turkey: 14 hours
New York, United States: 14 hours
Ottawa, Canada: 14 hours
Beijing, China: 14 hours
Athens, Greece: 13 hours
Lisbon, Portugal: 13 hours
Tokyo, Japan: 13 hours
Washington, DC, US: 13 hours
Los Angeles, US: 13 hours
Tunis, Tunisia: 13 hours
Algiers, Algeria: 13 hours
Tehran, Iran: 13 hours
Kabul, Afghanistan: 13 hours
New Delhi, India: 13 hours
Dhaka, Bangladesh: 13 hours
Rabat, Morocco: 13 hours
Damascus, Syria: 13 hours
Islamabad, Pakistan: 13 hours
Baghdad, Iraq: 13 hours
Beirut, Lebanon: 13 hours
Amman, Jordan: 13 hours
Gaza City, Palestine: 13 hours
Cairo, Egypt: 13 hours
Doha, Qatar: 13 hours
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: 13 hours
Khartoum, Sudan: 13 hours
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 13 hours
Abuja, Nigeria: 13 hours
Aden, Yemen: 13 hours
Dakar, Senegal: 13 hours
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 13 hours
Buenos Aires, Argentina: 13 hours
Colombo, Sri Lanka: 13 hours
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 13 hours
Mogadishu, Somalia: 13 hours
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay: 13 hours
Nairobi, Kenya: 13 hours
Harare, Zimbabwe: 13 hours
Jakarta, Indonesia: 13 hours
Luanda, Angola: 13 hours
Bangkok, Thailand: 13 hours
Brasilia, Brazil: 13 hours
Johannesburg, South Africa: 13 hours
Montevideo, Uruguay: 13 hours
Canberra, Australia: 13 hours
Puerto Montt, Chile: 13 hours
Christchurch, New Zealand: 13 hours

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