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Convert Hours to Minutes

1 hour is 60 min. One hour is exactly 60 minutes.

One hour is 60 minutes. To convert hours to minutes, multiply by 60; to go the other way, divide by 60 or multiply by 0.016666667. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from BIPM SI Brochure. Sixty minutes, and exactly 3,600 seconds.

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Minutes
60 min
Hours × 60
value * 6060 min

1 hour in every time unit

UnitValueExact factor
seconds3,600 s× 3,600
minutes60 min× 60
hours (as entered)1 h
days0.04166666667 d× 0.0416666666667
weeks0.005952380952 wk× 0.00595238095238
months0.001368953503 mo× 0.00136895350349
years0.0001140794586 yr× 0.000114079458625

Factors are entered by hand from BIPM SI Brochure rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert hours to minutes?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in hours.
  2. 2.Multiply by 60 — that is how many minutes fit in one hour.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 60, or multiply by 0.016666667.

Hours to minutes conversion table

HoursMinutes
1 h60 min
2 h120 min
3 h180 min
4 h240 min
5 h300 min
6 h360 min
7 h420 min
8 h480 min
9 h540 min
10 h600 min
12 h720 min
15 h900 min
20 h1,200 min
25 h1,500 min
50 h3,000 min
100 h6,000 min

What are hours and minutes?

Hour (h)
Sixty minutes, and exactly 3,600 seconds.
Minute (min)
Sixty seconds exactly. Not an SI unit, but accepted for use with it.

Source: BIPM SI Brochure — the second, and units accepted for use with the SI

Questions people actually ask

How many minutes are in a hour?
60. Sixty seconds exactly. Not an SI unit, but accepted for use with it.
How do I convert minutes back to hours?
Divide by 60, or multiply by 0.016666667 — they are the same operation.

Other time conversions

Minutes to hours — the same conversion the other way.

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