Time Difference Between London and Singapore
Singapore is 7h ahead of London.
This is the standard-time difference as of 2026. If either city observes daylight saving time, the actual difference can shift by up to an hour for part of the year — the live clocks below always show the current real-time difference.
Working Hours Overlap
For each hour of London'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.
| London | Singapore | Both working hours? |
|---|---|---|
| 9 AM | 4 PM | Yes |
| 10 AM | 5 PM | Yes |
| 11 AM | 6 PM | No |
| 12 PM | 7 PM | No |
| 1 PM | 8 PM | No |
| 2 PM | 9 PM | No |
| 3 PM | 10 PM | No |
| 4 PM | 11 PM | No |
| 5 PM | 12 AM | No |
| 6 PM | 1 AM | No |
Best Time to Meet
- 9 AM-11 AM in London (4 PM-6 PM in Singapore) works for both sides — it falls within standard 9 AM-6 PM working hours in both time zones.
How the Difference Changes in 2026
Because the two cities change their clocks on different dates, the gap is not one number. Here is how Singapore stands relative to London through 2026:
| Period | Singapore vs London |
|---|---|
| Jan 1 – Mar 28 | 8h ahead |
| Mar 29 – Oct 24 | 7h ahead |
| Oct 25 – Dec 31 | 8h ahead |
London changes its clocks on Mar 29 (clocks forward) and Oct 25 (clocks back); Singapore keeps the same clock all year. Dates use the UTC calendar; the switch takes effect early that morning local time.
Working Across London and Singapore
Seven hours makes this a morning-or-nothing corridor. Singapore's working day is finishing before London's has properly started: 5 PM in Singapore is 10 AM in London, and by 3 PM in London the Singapore side has been gone for hours. The usable band is 9 AM to noon London time, which is late afternoon and early evening in Singapore, and Singapore pays for it. Every hour London adds after lunch pushes the other end past 8 PM. Teams that run this route well stop trying to meet in the middle and hand over instead. Singapore closes its day with a written summary, London picks it up on arrival and replies while the Singapore evening is still young.
Singapore does not observe daylight saving at all, so London supplies the entire seasonal swing. The gap is eight hours from January 1 to March 28, seven hours from March 29 to October 24, then eight again from October 25 through December 31. In practical terms, a 9 AM London call sits at 4 PM in Singapore for most of the year and 5 PM during the winter months, which is the difference between catching someone before they leave and catching them after they have decided to. The predictability is worth something. Singapore's local hour holds the same offset from UTC every day of the year, so the only thing to check before booking is which side of March 29 or October 25 the date falls on.
About thirteen hours in the air, with seven or eight hours of clock change on top of it. Eastbound is the direction that costs you. Take a late departure from London and you arrive in Singapore in the early evening with a body that still thinks it is mid-morning; the nap that feels entirely reasonable at that point is what ruins the next day. Going west, London's first day simply feels long. There is no date line on this route, so the calendar behaves normally, but an evening departure from London still lands the following day in Singapore, and people booking onward connections for the departure date get caught by that more often than they should.
London
London uses the Europe/London IANA time zone, currently at UTC+1. This zone observes daylight saving time.
Singapore
Singapore uses the Asia/Singapore IANA time zone, currently at UTC+8. This zone does not observe daylight saving time.