Ramadan 2018 hottest in ME, longest in Iceland

Ramadan this year is hottest across Middle East and in terms of number of hours, it is longest in Iceland and Greenland, according to a report by www.ummid.com.

In Bangladesh, muslims are fasting an average for 14

hours 42 minutes. Dhaka remains cloudy recording a maximum temperature of 31 degrees on Friday.

Fasting hours in India is ranging from 15 hours 50 minutes to 15 hours 05 minutes. Fasting hours in Pakistan an average is 15 hours 31 minutes.

Makkah and Madina - the two holy cities in Saudi Arabia sizzled at 42 degree Celsius Friday. Saudi capital a maximum temperature of 40 degrees and Dubai registered 39 degrees on Friday.

In Azerbaijan Muslims are fasting for 16 hours 21 minutes, in Sweden fasting hours are 18 hours 09 minutes. In Germany and Netherlands also Muslims are fasting for more than 18 hours. In Norway the fasting hours are 19 hours 16 minutes.

But, the fasting hour of 20 hours and 13 minutes in Iceland is the longest this Ramadan. Though longest in terms of fasting hours, Iceland is the coolest as the maximum temperature recorded here on Friday was just 08 degrees.