Convert Seconds to Minutes
1 second is 0.016667 min. One second is exactly 0.0166666666667 minutes.
One second is 0.016666667 minutes. To convert seconds to minutes, multiply by 0.016666667; to go the other way, divide by 0.016666667 or multiply by 60. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from BIPM SI Brochure. The SI base unit of time, fixed since 1967 by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency of 9,192,631,770 Hz.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Seconds × 0.016666667
value * 0.01666666666670.017 min
1 second in every time unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| seconds (as entered) | 1 s | — |
| minutes | 0.01666666667 min | × 0.0166666666667 |
| hours | 0.0002777777778 h | × 0.000277777777778 |
| days | 0.00001157407407 d | × 0.0000115740740741 |
| weeks | 0.000001653439153 wk | × 0.00000165343915344 |
| months | 0.0000003802648621 mo | × 0.000000380264862082 |
| years | 0.00000003168873851 yr | × 0.0000000316887385068 |
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 seconds to minutes?
- 1.Take the measurement in seconds.
- 2.Multiply by 0.016666667 — that is how many minutes fit in one second.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.016666667, or multiply by 60.
Seconds to minutes conversion table
| Seconds | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 1 s | 0.016667 min |
| 2 s | 0.033333 min |
| 3 s | 0.05 min |
| 4 s | 0.066667 min |
| 5 s | 0.083333 min |
| 6 s | 0.1 min |
| 7 s | 0.116667 min |
| 8 s | 0.133333 min |
| 9 s | 0.15 min |
| 10 s | 0.166667 min |
| 12 s | 0.2 min |
| 15 s | 0.25 min |
| 20 s | 0.333333 min |
| 25 s | 0.416667 min |
| 50 s | 0.833333 min |
| 100 s | 1.666667 min |
What are seconds and minutes?
- Second (s)
- The SI base unit of time, fixed since 1967 by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency of 9,192,631,770 Hz.
- 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 second?
- 0.016666667. Sixty seconds exactly. Not an SI unit, but accepted for use with it.
- How do I convert minutes back to seconds?
- Divide by 0.016666667, or multiply by 60 — they are the same operation.
Other time conversions
Minutes to seconds — the same conversion the other way.