Surprisingly, the English aren't the earliest eaters when it comes to tucking into their evening meal. According to data collected by the online travel agency Expedia, the Dutch are the first people on the planet to sit down for dinner. While many Americans don't follow the tradition of sitting down to eat at the same time every night, families often dine not long after 6 pm. Next at the dinner table are the Cubans and the Vietnamese, starting dinner at 6:30 pm.

Dinner times in many countries influenced by Anglo-Saxon culture are more or less the same as in France, so between 7 and 8 pm. That's the case in Australia, Canada, Kenya and the Philippines, where dinner is on the table at 7 pm on the dot. In Japan, Thailand, Russia and Germany, dinner tends to be at 7:30 pm.

The further south you head in the Southern Hemisphere, the later dinnertime tends to get. The Argentinians are the latest diners, eating their final meal of the day after 10 pm. Their neighbors in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay eat at 10 pm. on the dot. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Spanish are known for rounding off their evening of tapas with dinner sometime after 9 pm -- like the Egyptians, in fact. In Turkey, South Africa and Peru dinner is usually served from 9 pm.