Dubai to Singapore: time difference and meeting times
Everything you need to schedule between Dubai and Singapore — the current offset, both cities' daylight saving dates, and the hour-by-hour overlap of their working days.
5 hours of full overlap. Both cities are inside normal working hours (09:00–17:59 local) at 05:00–10:00 UTC. Any hour in that range works for both sides without anyone starting early or finishing late.
Hour by hour
| UTC | Dubai | Status | Singapore | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | Asleep | 08:00 | Early morning |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | Asleep | 09:00 | Working hours |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | Early morning | 10:00 | Working hours |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | Early morning | 11:00 | Working hours |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | Early morning | 12:00 | Working hours |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | Working hours | 13:00 | Working hours |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | Working hours | 14:00 | Working hours |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | Working hours | 15:00 | Working hours |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | Working hours | 16:00 | Working hours |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | Working hours | 17:00 | Working hours |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | Working hours | 18:00 | Evening |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | Working hours | 19:00 | Evening |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | Working hours | 20:00 | Evening |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | Working hours | 21:00 | Late night |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Evening | 22:00 | Late night |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | Evening | 23:00 | Late night |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | Evening | 00:00 next day | Asleep |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | Late night | 01:00 next day | Asleep |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | Late night | 02:00 next day | Asleep |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | Late night | 03:00 next day | Asleep |
| 20:00 | 00:00 next day | Asleep | 04:00 next day | Asleep |
| 21:00 | 01:00 next day | Asleep | 05:00 next day | Asleep |
| 22:00 | 02:00 next day | Asleep | 06:00 next day | Early morning |
| 23:00 | 03:00 next day | Asleep | 07:00 next day | Early morning |
Green rows are hours when both cities are inside core working hours (09:00–17:59 local). Amber rows are hours when both are awake but at least one is in the early morning or evening. Times shown are for 27 August 2026; the pattern shifts when either city changes its clocks.
Quick conversions
| When it is… | …it is |
|---|---|
| 09:00 in Dubai | 13:00 in Singapore |
| 12:00 in Dubai | 16:00 in Singapore |
| 15:00 in Dubai | 19:00 in Singapore |
| 17:00 in Dubai | 21:00 in Singapore |
Daylight saving
Dubai does not observe daylight saving — this offset is fixed all year. Singapore does not observe daylight saving — this offset is fixed all year.
A genuinely fixed offset
Neither city observes daylight saving, so the difference between them is the same on every day of the year. This is the easy case: a recurring meeting booked once will remain correct indefinitely, and no seasonal adjustment is ever required.
Scheduling across this corridor
The Gulf and Southeast Asia are separated by roughly half a working day, which leaves a solid afternoon-to-morning overlap: the Southeast Asian afternoon runs into the Gulf morning. Neither region observes daylight saving, so this is one of the rare corridors where the offset is genuinely fixed and a recurring meeting booked once will stay correct indefinitely.
About Dubai
Dubai holds a fixed offset year-round with no daylight saving. The working week is the significant scheduling factor rather than the clock: the UAE moved to a Monday-to-Friday week with a half-day Friday in 2022, so Friday afternoons are effectively unavailable. Its position between Europe and Asia makes it one of the few cities with a workable overlap in both directions.
About Singapore
Singapore holds a fixed offset year-round with no daylight saving, eight hours ahead of UTC — a notable detail given its longitude, since the country sits further east on the clock than the sun would suggest. Its position makes it the standard meeting point for Asian regional business, with a working day that reaches both the European morning and the Australian afternoon.
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Intl API and were last generated on 27 August 2026. See how we calculate these figures.