Singapore time now, live flip clock
Singapore keeps one time, Singapore Standard Time, SGT, UTC+8, through the whole year. No daylight saving shift moves its clocks. The clock above shows Singapore time live, with seconds.
Time zone in Singapore
Singapore is a single city-state, so every part of it shows the same time. Sentosa and the smaller islands keep it too.
- SGT, UTC+8
- Not observed
- Singapore, Ulu Bedok, Bedok New Town, Tampines Estate
How many hours ahead or behind Singapore
On 7 October 2026, London is 7 hours behind Singapore.
| City | Difference from Singapore |
|---|---|
| London | 7 hours behind |
| New York | 12 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 15 hours behind |
| Sydney | 3 hours ahead |
| Kolkata | 2 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Tokyo | 1 hour ahead |
| Dubai | 4 hours behind |
| Jakarta | 1 hour behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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How Singapore sets its time
- Who keeps Singapore's time
- NMC
- The National Metrology Centre, part of A*STAR, is Singapore's timekeeper. It generates and maintains UTC(SG), Singapore's local realisation of Coordinated Universal Time. Singapore Standard Time is UTC(SG) moved forward to the local zone. The centre runs five caesium clocks and one hydrogen maser. Its time servers offer a free service for setting a computer's clock.
- A one-clause notice in law
- SGT
- Singapore's standard time rests on a short notice made under the Interpretation Act. The Singapore Standard Time Notification has one working clause. It puts standard time a fixed number of hours ahead of Greenwich mean time. That gives SGT, UTC+8. It took effect with Singapore's latest clock change.
- From mean time to Malaysia's clock
- 30 min
- Singapore kept its own mean time into the early twentieth century. British Malaya then moved to the time of the 105th meridian. A daylight saving law put the clocks twenty minutes forward in the thirties. Ten more minutes followed a few months before the Japanese invasion, to suit the Empire's radio schedules. The occupation brought Tokyo time, and the old clock returned after it. The last move was half an hour forward, when Malaysia synchronised its clocks. Trade and travel with Malaysia were among the reasons given.
- Clock time and sun time
- 1 h
- Singapore's old local mean time ran about an hour behind the clock it keeps now. The latest change fixed that distance in place. The National Library describes it as about a full hour from the local rhythm of the sun.
Questions about time in Singapore
What time zone is Singapore in?
Singapore is on Singapore Standard Time, SGT, UTC+8, across the whole country. A notice under the Interpretation Act fixes it ahead of Greenwich mean time. A*STAR's National Metrology Centre keeps the atomic time it is set from. The offset is the same in every month.
Does Singapore change its clocks for daylight saving?
No. Singapore keeps one offset in every season, and its clocks do not change. The latest change was a half-hour move forward, made with Malaysia. Places in Europe and North America still change their clocks. Its gap with London or New York shifts each spring and autumn as those clocks move.
What is the time difference between Singapore and the UK?
Singapore is 8 hours ahead of London in the British winter. From late March to late October the gap is one hour smaller, while Britain keeps summer time. Only the UK side moves. In winter, nine in the morning in London is five in the afternoon in Singapore.
What is the time difference between Singapore and New York?
Singapore is 13 hours ahead of New York in the American winter. While the US keeps daylight saving time, from March to early November, the gap is one hour less. Singapore is 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles in winter. An evening in New York is the next morning in Singapore.
What is the time difference between Singapore and India?
Singapore is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of India in every month. Both countries keep a fixed offset, so the gap does not move. The odd half hour is India's, whose offset ends in thirty minutes. Noon in Singapore is half past nine in the morning in Delhi and Mumbai.
What is the time difference between Singapore and Australia?
Perth is on the same time as Singapore all year. Brisbane stays 2 hours ahead of Singapore, as Queensland does not change its clocks. Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Singapore in the southern winter. During Sydney's daylight saving, from early October to early April, the gap grows by one hour.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Singapore | SGT, UTC+8 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 7 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.