Sleep: Which cities get the most and least?

Jawbone, the maker of a wearable, digitized wristband that tracks its wearer’s movement and sleep, has revealed which cities in the world sleep the least and most.

by John Tyburski

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First published at Daily Digest News on August 20, 2014

“Early to bed, early to rise” may be a mantra in some cities around the world, but it is not how all cities do their sleeping. According to data provided by an organization called Jawbone, the Wall Street Journal listed which major cities across the globe get the most and least sleep. The data were collected from wearable wristband devices made by Jawbone and worn by 5,000 users of the “UP” device worldwide.

Australia’s Melbourne sleeps the most, turning an average of seven hours and five minutes per night. Brisbane, Australia, also ranked high at seven hours on average. Other high-ranking cities included London, Paris, and Denver, Colorado.

On the other end of the spectrum are cities in which residents sleep the least. On average, Tokyo residents sleep the least at a mere five hours and forty-six minutes. Other short-sleep cities included, in ascending order, Seoul, South Korea; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Singapore; and Mexico City, Mexico.

The study of the data also provided insight into when these cities go to bed and when they rise in the morning. Brisbane residents were the earliest to turn in at 10:57 p.m., and they woke the earliest at 6:29 a.m.

The city in which people stay up the latest? Moscow, Russia. Residents there do not hit the sack until 12:46 a.m. They were also among the last to wake up with an average wake-up time of 8:08 a.m.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all adults get seven or more hours of sleep per night. Nearly all of the cities studied slept less than the recommended seven hours per night.