Ramadan 2017 , Longest and shortest fasting times in the world

Ramadan 2017 , Longest and shortest fasting times in the world We used prayer timings in major cities of these countries to calculate the intervals between Fajr (preceding sunrise) and Maghreb (marking sunset) on the expected first day of Ramadan, May 27. Fun fact In countries where sunset and sunrise are too close (less than 3 hours apart) or are indistinguishible, fatwas have been issued to allow Muslims to follow the timings of the closest city that has have distinguishible day and night timings. Note: These timings are of the expected first day of Ramadan only and the timings are in 'hh.mm' format. Europe The longest fast in Europe based on our findings is in Iceland with just three hours of night time, while Spain, Turkey and other countries have comparatively lower intervals, ranging around 16 hours of fasting Americas Greenland being the northern-most country in this part of the world has the longest interval between Fajr and Maghreb at 21 hours and 2 minutes. Argentina has the one of the shortest times at 11 hours and 32 minutes. Middle East The shortest fast out of all our neighbouring Arab countries will be in Sana'a, Yemen. Asia We split this list into two and the shortest fast time is in Cocos, Keeling Islands.Kazakhstan has the longest fast hours in Asia as per our calculations with 18 hours and 12 minutes between Fajr and Maghreb. Australia These two timings represent an accurate average of the timings across the island continent. Africa Here are four countries that give a good average of how Ramadan fasts look in Africa.