| Time zone | Singapore Standard Time (SGT, UTC+8) |
| UTC offset (today) | UTC+08:00 |
| Daylight saving | Singapore stays on UTC+8 all year and has no daylight saving time. |
| Business hours | Offices usually work 9:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday, and many bank branches open 9:30 to 16:30 with some Saturday mornings. Malls and food centres open daily, often until 22:00. |
| Country | Singapore |
By longitude, Singapore would naturally sit closer to UTC+7, but since 1982 it has used UTC+8 to match Malaysia and keep in step with Hong Kong and Beijing. The result is late mornings: sunrise is around 7:00 all year and sunset close to 19:00.
Being one degree north of the equator, day length barely changes, so there is no seasonal drift to plan around. Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Manila, Perth and Beijing all show the same time as Singapore.
India is 2h30 behind Singapore all year. An 11:30 start in Singapore is 9:00 in Delhi, so regional teams often use that slot to begin joint work. London is seven hours behind during BST and eight in winter, which means the Singapore late afternoon meets the London morning.
For the US East Coast, Singapore is 12 hours ahead in summer and 13 in winter. A 21:00 call in Singapore is 9:00 or 8:00 in New York, a pattern many regional headquarters use weekly.
No. Singapore has used UTC+8 all year since 1982.
Yes. Malaysia and Singapore both use UTC+8.
2 hours 30 minutes, all year round.
· Written by Om Vaghani, ClockAura