Asia · Southeast Asia
Singapore
One city in the atlas · 2 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Ramir Borja · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Singapore
- Currency
- SGD
- Singapore Dollar
- Local time
- Singapore Standard TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +65
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Singapore in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Singapore
- Currency
- Singapore Dollar SGDToday's indicative rate: SGD 1 ≈ USD 0.78Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: English, Chinese, Malay and TamilSpoken: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil
- Time zones
- Singapore Standard TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +65
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 995ambulance and fire999policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 6,111,175 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 693 km²
- Internet domain
- .sg
- Land borders
- None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
When to go
Climate across Singapore
On these averages, Singapore has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in February.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Singapore is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
Cities
Cities in Singapore
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Singapore
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Guides
Our guides in Singapore
From the journal
Related reading
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Singapore
Tell us where in Singapore, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.