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Unit converter

Seconds to minutes.

Convert s to min and min to s. Type in either box and the other follows. Sixty to the minute. Handy for splitting a race time or a video length into something readable.

s → minExact definition
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Seconds to minutes — common values, to 6 significant figures.
smin
1 s0.0166667 min
5 s0.0833333 min
10 s0.166667 min
15 s0.25 min
30 s0.5 min
45 s0.75 min
60 s1 min
90 s1.5 min
120 s2 min
300 s5 min
600 s10 min
3600 s60 min
1 s=0.01666666667 min 1 min=60 s

Definitions

  • The second is the SI base unit of time, defined by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition.
  • The minute is exactly 60 seconds — one of the few units SI accepts without being decimal, inherited from Babylonian counting.
  • This conversion is exact by definition. 1 s = 0.01666666667 min.
  • Months and years are not fixed durations. The year here is the exact Julian year (365.25 days); the month is a mean Gregorian month, and a calendar month still varies from 28 to 31 days.

How it works

One direction multiplies and the other divides by the same number, so nothing is lost by going back and forth.

The value passes through s, the unit every other time unit on the site is defined against, rather than a number written into this page on its own. That is why the figure here, the figure in the table above and the general time converter always agree.

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 minutes in a second (0.0166667), how many seconds in a minute (60), and what 300 s is in minutes (5 min).

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