Time in Singapore
It is 10:27 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Singapore. Singapore is in Singapore. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Singapore at +08:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Singapore stays on Asia/Singapore at UTC+08:00 year-round with no daylight saving. The offset matches China Standard Time and Hong Kong on the clock, but the IANA identifier is its own.
Office hours often run about 09:00–18:00, with many teams bridging Europe’s morning and the US evening. A 09:00 London call is 17:00 in Singapore most of the year (16:00 when the UK is on GMT).
SGT is UTC+08:00 with no DST. Singapore and Malaysia used to share a zone historically; today Asia/Singapore is its own row. Do not reuse Asia/Kuala_Lumpur as a shortcut without checking.
Singapore time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- IANA
- Asia/Singapore
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Singapore
Singapore is currently on its standard offset. Singapore does not change its clocks. The offset stays +08:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Singapore today
The sun rises at 06:55 and sets at 19:02, giving 12 h 7 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:59, 59 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Singapore sits west of the 120° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:55
- Sunset
- 19:02
- Daylight
- 12 h 7 m
- Solar noon
- 12:59Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Singapore
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Singapore and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Singapore
- Population
- 5,866,139The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 1.3000° N, 103.8000° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Singapore Dollar (SGD)
- Calling code
- +65Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- English, Chinese, and Malay
- Airports
- SINSingapore ChangiArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Singapore local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Singapore
- What time is it in Singapore right now?
- It is 10:27 in Singapore as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Singapore uses the IANA zone Asia/Singapore, currently +08:00.
- Which time zone is Singapore in?
- Singapore uses Asia/Singapore, which is currently +08:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Singapore observe daylight saving time?
- No. Singapore stays on +08:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Singapore ahead of or behind UTC?
- Singapore is currently at +08:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Singapore is 20:00.