Cities Most Out of Sync With the Sun

Why Are These Cities So Out of Sync With the Sun?

Clock time and solar time rarely match exactly. Time zones are political boundaries drawn for convenience, so a city can sit far to the east or west of the meridian its clock is based on. Where that gap is large, the Sun reaches its highest point well before or after 12:00 on the clock, and sunrise and sunset feel oddly early or late for the hour shown.

This list ranks cities by how far their official clock runs from local solar time, ignoring daylight saving. Extreme cases include far-western China, which uses a single nationwide zone, and parts of Spain, which sit on the wrong side of their meridian for historical reasons. Today Vigo tops the list at about 2h 34m ahead.