A University of Michigan study using data from Entrain, a smartphone app aimed at reducing jetlag, found Kiwis on average go to sleep at 10.48pm and wake at 6.54am – an average of 8 hours and 6 minutes sleep.
Kiwis’ sleep time was the second earliest average sleep time of the 100 countries involved in the study. Australians were the first, with an average sleep time of 10.45pm.
Kiwis were the fifth earliest to rise, behind Americans, Australians, the Danish and Belgians.