Unit converter

Frequency.

Convert Hz to rpm, or pick any of the 7 units in the menus. Type in either box and the other follows. Cycles per second, plus revolutions and beats per minute. Angular velocity is a different quantity and lives on its own page.

Hz → rpmExact definition
Hertz to revolutions per minute — common values, to 6 significant figures.
Hzrpm
1 Hz60 rpm
2 Hz120 rpm
3 Hz180 rpm
4 Hz240 rpm
5 Hz300 rpm
10 Hz600 rpm
15 Hz900 rpm
20 Hz1200 rpm
25 Hz1500 rpm
50 Hz3000 rpm
75 Hz4500 rpm
100 Hz6000 rpm
250 Hz15000 rpm
500 Hz30000 rpm
1000 Hz60000 rpm
1 Hz=60 rpm 1 rpm=0.01666666667 Hz

Definitions

  • The hertz is one cycle per second, the SI unit of frequency.
  • Revolutions per minute is one sixtieth of a hertz. Engine and disc speeds are quoted in it.
  • Frequency counts cycles per second. Angular velocity in rad/s differs by a factor of 2π and is kept in its own converter.
  • Every unit in the menus is exact by definition, so the only rounding on this page is the one you choose for the display.

How it works

Every value is converted into hertz and then back out into the unit you asked for. One route covers every pairing in the menus, so an unusual combination is no less accurate than a common one, and adding a unit affects only that unit.

Both boxes are live. Whichever one you last typed in is the source, changing either menu recalculates straight away, and Swap exchanges the units and the values so the number you are reading stays where you are looking.

Display precision limits significant figures rather than decimal places, because one fixed number of decimals is useless across a range this wide. Very large and very small results switch to scientific notation with a proper superscript exponent. The editable box always holds a plain number at full working precision, so you can carry on from either side.

Common questions this answers: how many revolutions per minute in a hertz (60), how many hertz in a revolution per minute (0.0166667), and what 50 Hz is in revolutions per minute (3000 rpm).