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SIN Singapore ⇄ KUL Kuala Lumpur

Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance297 km185 mi161 nautical miles
SIN → KUL1 h 25 minestimated block time
KUL → SIN1 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hKuala Lumpur vs Singapore, today
Great-circle route from Singapore (SIN) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)SINSingaporeKULKuala Lumpur
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

SIN → KUL

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 301° (WNW).

Leave Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Kuala Lumpur Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

KUL → SIN

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 121° (ESE).

Leave Kuala Lumpur Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

The two directions differ by 0 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance297 km · 185 mi · 161 nmi
Initial heading301° (WNW) from SIN; 121° (ESE) from KUL
Farthest from the equator2.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip1% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SINAsia/Singapore — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
KULAsia/Kuala_Lumpur — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceKuala Lumpur is on the same clock as Singapore today.

Jet lag, flying SIN → KUL. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

SIN Singapore Changi AirportSingapore, Singapore · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m KUL Kuala Lumpur International AirportKuala Lumpur, Malaysia · longest runway 13,530 ft4,124 m

More routes from SIN and KUL

SINCGK Singapore – Jakarta 882 km548 mi · 2 h 05 min SINMNL Singapore – Manila 2,375 km1,476 mi · 3 h 45 min SINDEL Singapore – Delhi 4,159 km2,584 mi · 5 h 55 min ISTSIN Istanbul – Singapore 8,681 km5,394 mi · 10 h 25 min LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min KULCGK Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta 1,129 km702 mi · 2 h 20 min KULBKK Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok 1,221 km758 mi · 2 h 25 min SYDKUL Sydney – Kuala Lumpur 6,585 km4,092 mi · 8 h 50 min LHRKUL London – Kuala Lumpur 10,605 km6,590 mi · 12 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).