In 2024, a report by a Swiss bank has noted that Singapore is the world's most expensive city. Hong Kong, London, Shanghai and Monaco are some of the other cities in the ranking.
Singapore Time (SGT), also known as Singapore Standard Time (SST), is used in Singapore and is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+08:00). Singapore does not observe daylight saving time.
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