Hours to Minutes Converter

To convert a measurement in hours to minutes, multiply the value by 60. The conversion factor comes from the relationship between both units and the second.

For example, to convert 5 h to minutes: 5 × 60 = 300 min.

An hour is a unit of time equal to 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds. There are 24 hours in a day. The hour originated in ancient Egypt, where day and night were each divided into 12 parts. The fixed 60-minute hour became standard only after mechanical clocks made equal hours practical.

Common uses of hours include: Work shifts and hourly wages; Travel and flight durations; TV schedules and event planning; Battery life and runtime ratings.

A minute is a unit of time equal to 60 seconds. Sixty minutes make up one hour. The division of the hour into 60 minutes descends from the Babylonian sexagesimal (base-60) number system, passed down through Greek and Islamic astronomy into modern timekeeping.

Common uses of minutes include: Scheduling meetings and appointments; Cooking and recipe timing; Exercise and interval training; Parking and billing intervals.

Schedules, video durations, and billing are often quoted in hours but tracked in minutes. Converting hours to minutes helps when logging time, planning a route, or splitting an hourly rate into per-minute costs.

Here are some common values converted:

1 h = 60 min 5 h = 300 min 10 h = 600 min 50 h = 3,000 min 100 h = 6,000 min