--- title: The Cities That Sleep the Most and the Least description: Residents of Melbourne sleep the most, while residents of Tokyo sleep the least. canonical: https://time.com/3136406/jawbone-cities-sleep/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-18T17:15:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:42.175Z og:title: This Is the Most Sleep-Deprived City in the World og:description: Hint: It's not New York og:url: https://time.com/3136406/jawbone-cities-sleep/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0be76482bcaea9af/69869fe6cd804d86dbccc62f/tokyo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: tokyo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the Most Sleep-Deprived City in the World twitter:description: Hint: It's not New York twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0be76482bcaea9af/69869fe6cd804d86dbccc62f/tokyo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Most Well-Rested and Sleep-Deprived Cities in the World > Sponsored content. 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Jawbone, the make of smart fitness wristband UP, tracked its users’ sleep habits and steps to figure out which major city gets the most and least Z’s in the world._  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Aug 18, 2014 5:15 PM UTC  The Marunouchi district of Tokyo, Japan. The Marunouchi district of Tokyo, Japan. Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Aug 18, 2014 5:15 PM UTC The title of the world’s most well-rested city goes to Melbourne, Australia, whose residents log an average of 6 hours and 58 minutes of sleep per night, the _Wall Street Journal_ [recently reported](http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/which-cities-get-the-most-sleep-1662/), based on data obtained from [Jawbone’s UP](https://jawbone.com/blog/jawbone-up-data-by-city/), an electronic wristband that tracks sleeping and movement patterns. The city that sleeps the least, though, isn’t the city that never sleeps—it’s Tokyo, Japan, where residents get an average of 5 hours and 44 minutes of sleep. (New Yorkers sleep an average of 6 hours and 47 minutes per night, not too far behind Melbourne residents.) Meanwhile, Brisbane, Australia takes two crowns: the city with the earliest average bedtime (10:57 p.m.) and the city with the earliest average wake-up time (6:29 a.m.). 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