Dubai’s Burj Khalifa is so tall that people on the bottom floors perceive time differently than those on the top floors

Standing at 2,716.5 feet, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world.

According to Insider, the building so tall that people on the upper floors of the Burj Khalifa perceive time differently than those on lower levels.

Insider also reported in a new book called “Supertall,” architect Stefan Al explores the world of skyscrapers and takes readers on a journey as to how those giants affect the way we live.

Also included in the book is Dubai’s giant skyscraper that snatches the title of the tallest building in the world, which is twice the height of the Empire State building.

Just to give you a bit of an idea of how tall it is, the Burj Khalifa is so tall, Al wrote it far exceeds the scale of anything that’s been built on Earth.

“I remember first going there, and I had this old camera phone – I couldn’t even fit it in one single shot,” he told Insider. “I thought that’s so bizarre that you can’t even fit a building in your camera lens.”

Its massive height plays a huge part as to why it gives its inhabitants two different time readings.

According to Insider, Al’s book said from the top of the building, people can view so far into the Arabian Desert that they can see the sunset several minutes after people on the ground see it set.

For Muslims who celebrate Ramadan, as a result of the perceived time difference, those living on the higher floors of the Burj need to wait a few extra minutes before breaking their fast at sunset during Ramadan.

“Dubai clerics decided that the residents above the 80th floor should wait an additional two minutes to end their Ramadan fasting. And those above the 150th should wait an additional three,” Al’s book said.

Additionally, according to Al’s book, the building also “transcends the earth’s local temperature and climate.”

Think about it. The reasoning for this is because the skyscraper is so tall that its upper half occasionally emerges above the clouds, which makes it unaffected by weather that may affect its base such as pouring rain, Insider reported.

On the flip side, according to the book, at the top of the building, the temperature on the outside is thought to be 11 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the ground.

“Since the air gets cooler the higher you go, you can take advantage of that height difference by having less air conditioning on the upper levels because you can use that cooler air as intake,” Al said to Insider.