<p>This study correlates different ionospheric parameters with the integrated solar EUV radiation for an analysis of the delayed ionospheric response in order to confirm previous studies on the delay and to further specify variations of the delay. Several time series for correlation coefficients and delays are presented to characterize the trend of the delay from 2011 to 2013. The impact of the diurnal variations of ionospheric parameters in the analysis on hourly resolution for fixed locations are discussed and specified with calculations in different time scales and with comparison to solar and geomagnetic activity. An average delay for TEC of ≈ 18.7 hours and for foF2 of ≈ 18.6 hours is calculated at four European stations. Through comparison with the Australian region the difference between northern and southern hemisphere is analyzed and a seasonal variation of the delay between northern and southern hemisphere is calculated for TEC with ≈ 5 ± 0.7 hours and foF2 with ≈ 8 ± 0.8 hours. The latitudinal and longitudinal variability of the delay is analyzed for the European region and a decrease of the delay from ≈ 21.5 hours at 30° N to ≈ 19.0 hours at 70° N has been found. For winter months a roughly constant delay of ≈ 19.5 hours is calculated. In this study a North-South trend of the ionospheric delay during summer month has been observed with ≈ 0.06 hours per degree in latitude. The results based on solar and ionospheric data in hourly resolution and the analysis of the delayed ionospheric response to solar EUV show the seasonal and latitudinal variations. Results also indicate the dependence on the geomagnetic activity as well as on the 11-year solar cycle.</p>