The other day we were driving to the mall (where else?) and it was getting dark. But it seemed very early to be getting dark - at least, earlier than it would be at home right now.
So I looked it up:
Sunset Dubai
Sunset Portland, ME
6:35 PM
7:12 PM
But that's not the weirdest part. The weirdest part is:
Sunrise Dubai
Sunrise Portland, ME
6:01 AM
6:08 AM
Although the sun goes down 37 minutes earlier here, it only comes up 7 minutes earlier. Or daylight in Dubai is half-an-hour shorter than at home!
Another thought - maybe this has something to do with the two cities' proximity to the equator? Let's check it out:
Latitude Dubai
Latitude Portland, ME
25°16'N
43°40'N
So I'm not a sciencatician or anything, but I take it because Dubai is almost twenty degrees closer to the equator is the reason the day is shorter than in Maine ... right? That Dubai won't have the extreme long days and the extreme short days that cities not as close to the equator have?
