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
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| seconds | 3,600 s | × 3,600 |
| minutes | 60 min | × 60 |
| hours (as entered) | 1 h | — |
| days | 0.04166666667 d | × 0.0416666666667 |
| weeks | 0.005952380952 wk | × 0.00595238095238 |
| months | 0.001368953503 mo | × 0.00136895350349 |
| years | 0.0001140794586 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.Take the measurement in hours.
- 2.Multiply by 60 — that is how many minutes fit in one hour.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 60, or multiply by 0.016666667.
Hours to minutes conversion table
| Hours | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 1 h | 60 min |
| 2 h | 120 min |
| 3 h | 180 min |
| 4 h | 240 min |
| 5 h | 300 min |
| 6 h | 360 min |
| 7 h | 420 min |
| 8 h | 480 min |
| 9 h | 540 min |
| 10 h | 600 min |
| 12 h | 720 min |
| 15 h | 900 min |
| 20 h | 1,200 min |
| 25 h | 1,500 min |
| 50 h | 3,000 min |
| 100 h | 6,000 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.