Time Difference Between Dubai and Singapore
Singapore is 4h ahead of Dubai all year. Neither city observes daylight saving time, so this difference stays constant.
Dubai keeps the same clock all year. Singapore keeps the same clock all year. The figure above holds for the whole year. It does not come from the offset on the day the site was built. The live clocks use the current time.
Working Hours Overlap
For each hour of Dubai's working day (9:00-18:00), here is the corresponding local time in Singapore. Rows highlighted green fall within standard working hours (9:00-18:00) in both cities. Each block is one part of the year, so the table does not change with the day this page was built.
| Dubai | Singapore | Both working hours? |
|---|---|---|
| 9 AM | 1 PM | Yes |
| 10 AM | 2 PM | Yes |
| 11 AM | 3 PM | Yes |
| 12 PM | 4 PM | Yes |
| 1 PM | 5 PM | Yes |
| 2 PM | 6 PM | No |
| 3 PM | 7 PM | No |
| 4 PM | 8 PM | No |
| 5 PM | 9 PM | No |
| 6 PM | 10 PM | No |
Best Time to Meet
- 9 AM-2 PM in Dubai (1 PM-6 PM in Singapore) works for both sides. It falls within 9 AM-6 PM in both time zones.
How the Difference Changes
The difference between Dubai and Singapore holds all year. Neither city changes its clocks.
Working Across Dubai and Singapore
Singapore is four hours ahead of Dubai, and neither city changes its clock. The number is the same in January and in July: 9 AM in Dubai is 1 PM in Singapore. 1 PM in Dubai is 5 PM in Singapore. The usable band is Dubai's morning through early afternoon, which is Singapore's early afternoon through early evening. A 4 PM Dubai call is 8 PM in Singapore. That is a favor, not a standing time. Past 2 PM in Dubai you are writing to Singapore for the next morning.
Ramadan is the seasonal change this pair actually has, and it is not a clock change. Many Dubai government offices and a lot of companies shorten the day and shift it earlier. Singapore does not observe Ramadan, so a Dubai colleague's 'afternoon' can disappear for a month while the Singapore calendar looks ordinary. The dates move earlier by about eleven days each year. Ask for that year's hours instead of reusing last year's assumption. The weekend, at least, now matches: the UAE has rested on Saturday and Sunday since 2022, which is Singapore's weekend too.
The nonstop is about seven hours. Four hours of difference is a short night's adjustment, and most people are ordinary by the second day. The westbound return is the easier direction. Eastbound, try not to nap for three hours at 6 PM Singapore time just because the seat was dark. That nap is what makes the second night worse. Dubai is also a connection more often than a destination on this routing, and a long layover at what your body calls the middle of the night is harsher than the flight.
Dubai
Dubai uses the Asia/Dubai time zone, at UTC+4 all year. This zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Singapore
Singapore uses the Asia/Singapore time zone, at UTC+8 all year. This zone does not observe daylight saving time.