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Offshore software development from Nepal for teams in Singapore

Close enough that the two working days simply run in parallel, with a long shared afternoon.

Time difference between Nepal and Singapore

Kathmandu local time at the start and end of a working day in Singapore, your local time when a 10:00–18:00 Kathmandu day starts and ends, and the number of working hours the two share.
Your zone9:00 am for you5:00 pm for youKathmandu opens, your timeKathmandu closes, your timeShared hours
SingaporeSGT · same all year6:45 am2:45 pm12:15 pm8:15 pm4 hours 45 minutes

Kathmandu times shown for a 10:00–18:00 working day in Nepal against 09:00–17:00 in Singapore. Singapore is 2 hours 15 minutes ahead of Kathmandu on SGT. That leaves 4 hours 45 minutes of the working day in common. Convert other hours in the Nepal time converter and overlap calculator.

Working with a team in Nepal from Singapore

Singapore is a couple of hours ahead, so your day starts first and Kathmandu joins around midday. From that point the two teams are working at the same time until you finish, which covers most of the hours anyone actually needs.

Like the Gulf, neither side observes daylight saving, so the relationship is stable year-round — the working pattern you settle into does not need revisiting every March and October.

The practical shape is a Singapore morning for your own planning, then a long shared afternoon for anything that needs both sides. It is close enough that the distance rarely becomes the thing you are managing.

Kathmandu has direct air links into Southeast Asia, which keeps an onsite visit to a single flight.

Worth knowing in Singapore

  • PDPA s 26

    Comparable protection abroad

    Section 26 of the Personal Data Protection Act lets an organisation transfer personal data out of Singapore only under prescribed requirements that keep its protection comparable to the Act's.

    Source: Singapore Statutes Online

  • 11 holidays

    A calendar that moves

    Singapore has 11 gazetted public holidays. Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day and Deepavali follow lunar or religious calendars, so their dates change from year to year.

    Source: Ministry of Manpower

  • Withholding tax

    Services from overseas

    Singapore withholding tax applies to a non-resident company's service fees for work done in Singapore. Services delivered from overseas by electronic means such as email and telephone, with no staff sent to Singapore, are not subject to it.

    Source: Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

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Offshore development questions from Singapore

What is the time difference between Singapore and Nepal?

Singapore is 2 hours 15 minutes ahead of Kathmandu, and neither country observes daylight saving, so the gap is the same in every month of the year.

Which part of the Singapore day overlaps with Kathmandu?

The afternoon. A 10:00–18:00 day in Kathmandu starts at 12:15 pm Singapore time and ends at 8:15 pm, which covers 4 hours 45 minutes of a 9:00 am to 5:00 pm day. Mornings are yours alone, which suits planning before the shared hours begin.

Can personal data go from Singapore to a team in Nepal?

Under the Personal Data Protection Act, only in line with the prescribed transfer requirements, which exist to keep the data's protection comparable to Singapore's own. Settling in writing how the recipient will protect the data, before it gets access, is the practical way to meet them.

Is withholding tax due when paying a developer in Nepal?

Not for work done entirely from overseas. IRAS applies withholding tax to a non-resident company's service fees for work done in Singapore; services delivered from abroad by electronic means, with nobody sent to Singapore, fall outside it. Fees for any on-site work in Singapore fall within it.

Do Singapore's public holidays fall on the same dates every year?

Not all of them. Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day and Deepavali move with lunar or religious calendars, and so do Nepal's Dashain and Tihar, so both calendars are worth checking against delivery dates each year.

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