San Francisco to Singapore: time difference and best times to meet
Singapore is 16 hours ahead of San Francisco. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in San Francisco (9am–10am in Singapore). The best time to schedule is 5pm San Francisco time, which is 9am in Singapore.
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San Francisco and Singapore time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual San Francisco and Singapore clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the San Francisco day and the matching hour in Singapore. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| San Francisco | Singapore | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 5pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 10am | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in Singapore only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in Singapore only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in San Francisco · 9am in Singapore — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am San Francisco time and 1am San Francisco time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Singapore goes from 16 hours ahead of to 15 hours ahead of San Francisco.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on that date.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Monday, November 9, 2026 — Deepavali — Singapore is off, San Francisco is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — San Francisco is off, Singapore is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — San Francisco is off, Singapore is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
With 1 shared working hours, San Francisco and Singapore can run standing meetings without anyone giving up an evening — as long as the slot sits inside that window on both sides of the next clock change.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between San Francisco and Singapore?
- Singapore is currently 16 hours ahead of San Francisco. That changes to 15 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between San Francisco and Singapore?
- 5pm in San Francisco, which is 9am in Singapore. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do San Francisco and Singapore overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm San Francisco time (9am–10am in Singapore).
- Does daylight saving change the San Francisco–Singapore gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 1 time: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (16 hours ahead of becomes 15 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect San Francisco–Singapore meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, November 9, 2026 — a public holiday where Singapore is, but a normal working day in San Francisco.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for San Francisco
- San Francisco ↔ MumbaiNo working-hours overlap
- San Francisco ↔ BangaloreNo working-hours overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Tokyo2 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Seoul2 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ London1 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Dublin1 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Hong Kong1 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Shanghai1 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved