Residents of Burj Khalifa Have to Fast Longer

Its normal for time to defer from places. However, for some Muslim residents of the tallest structure (for now), they would have to fast longer during the month of Ramadhan. Muslims residing above the 80th floor in Dubai's Burj Khalifa must delay their iftar during Ramadhan by two to three minutes as they see the sunset later, according to the Dubai Islamic Affairs Department.

Besides the delay for iftar, they also have to start their daily fasting earlier since dawn descends faster due to their location. For them, the sun will rise earlier and set later. The delay varies as the level increases. To be more precise, those living on the 80-150 floors should delay their iftar by two minutes while those on the 151-160 floors should delay by three minutes.

In a materialistic world, this news might deflate the price for units above the 80th floor.

Burj Khalifa

I suspect this would also affect the proposed Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia even more. When completed, the 1,000-meter-plus (1km+) (3,280-foot-plus) tower would replace Gulf neighbor Dubai's 828-meter (2,716-foot) Burj Khalifa as the tallest tower in the world. The Burj Khalifa was built by Emaar Properties for a total cost of $1.5 billion.

Proposed Kingdom Tower

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal signed a $1.23 billion contract with Bin Laden Group for the proposed tower. Normally prices for construction material would increase as time progress, however the Kingdom Tower seems to cost less than the Burj Khalifa.

Its normal for the cost of construction to increase as the project progress.