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Convert Microseconds to Seconds

1 microsecond is 0.000001 s. One microsecond is exactly 0.000001 seconds.

One microsecond is 1.0000 × 10^-6 seconds. To convert microseconds to seconds, multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6; to go the other way, divide by 1.0000 × 10^-6 or multiply by 1000000. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from BIPM SI Brochure. One millionth of a second.

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Seconds
0.000001 s
Microseconds × 1.0000 × 10^-6
value * 0.0000010 s

1 microsecond in every time unit

UnitValueExact factor
microseconds (as entered)1 µs
milliseconds0.001 ms× 0.001
seconds0.000001 s× 0.000001
minutes0.00000001666666667 min× 0.0000000166666666667
hours0.0000000002777777778 h× 0.000000000277777777778
days0.00000000001157407407 d× 0.0000000000115740740741
weeks0.000000000001653439153 wk× 0.00000000000165343915344
months0.0000000000003802648621 mo× 0.000000000000380264862082
years0.00000000000003168873851 yr× 0.0000000000000316887385068

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 microseconds to seconds?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in microseconds.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6 — that is how many seconds fit in one microsecond.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1.0000 × 10^-6, or multiply by 1000000.

Microseconds to seconds conversion table

MicrosecondsSeconds
1 µs0.000001 s
2 µs0.000002 s
3 µs0.000003 s
4 µs0.000004 s
5 µs0.000005 s
6 µs0.000006 s
7 µs0.000007 s
8 µs0.000008 s
9 µs0.000009 s
10 µs0.00001 s
12 µs0.000012 s
15 µs0.000015 s
20 µs0.00002 s
25 µs0.000025 s
50 µs0.00005 s
100 µs0.0001 s

What are microseconds and seconds?

Microsecond (µs)
One millionth of a second. The scale audio latency and network round trips inside a data centre are measured on.
Second (s)
The SI base unit of time, fixed since 1967 by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency of 9,192,631,770 Hz.

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

Questions people actually ask

How many seconds are in a microsecond?
1.0000 × 10^-6. The SI base unit of time, fixed since 1967 by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency of 9,192,631,770 Hz.
How do I convert seconds back to microseconds?
Divide by 1.0000 × 10^-6, or multiply by 1000000 — they are the same operation.

Other time conversions

Seconds to microseconds — the same conversion the other way.

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