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Singapore Time - Current Local Time & Timezone

Current local time in Singapore, Singapore.

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Singapore Time Zone Guide

This live clock shows the current local time in Singapore, Singapore using the timezone identifier Asia/Singapore. The display updates every second and reflects the timezone rules provided by your browser, including daylight saving time changes when the region observes them.

Use this page when scheduling a call, planning travel, checking market hours, or confirming the local date before sending a message. If you need to watch several locations at once, return to the world clocks grid.

Planning with Singapore Time

TaskWhat to check
Schedule a meetingCompare Singapore business hours against your local time.
Book travelConfirm whether arrival time falls on the same calendar date.
Join a livestreamUse the local event time and create a countdown to date.
Set a reminderUse the alarm clock after converting the time to your timezone.

About Singapore Time

Singapore uses Singapore Standard Time (SGT), which is UTC+8 year-round. Singapore has not observed Daylight Saving Time since 1982, making SGT a fixed, highly predictable offset. Singapore shares UTC+8 with Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Perth, forming the most commercially significant single-offset timezone bloc in the world by combined GDP.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) trades from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM SGT. Singapore is the world's largest bunker fuel port, a top-three global foreign exchange trading centre, and the primary hub for ASEAN finance. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) regulates one of the world's most sophisticated fintech ecosystems. For asset managers and banks operating across Asia, SGT is the standard business timezone for regional coordination.

Singapore's UTC+8 position makes it the final major Asian market to close before the European session opens. When Singapore finishes at 5:00 PM SGT, London is at 9:00 AM GMT in winter — a brief window where Asia hands over to Europe with minimal overlap. This 'Singapore-London bridge' is actively managed by global banks whose Asia desks pass books to their European counterparts at this handover point each day.

Singapore Time Zone Facts

  • UTC offset: UTC+8 (SGT) all year; Singapore abandoned DST in 1982.
  • SGX trades 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM SGT; Singapore is the world's largest bunker fuel port.
  • SGT is shared with Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Perth.
  • The 5:00 PM SGT market close coincides with 9:00 AM London open — the daily Asia-Europe handover.

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