How to convert hours to minutes
Formula: min = h × 60
Worked example: 8 h → 8 × 60 = 480 min
Multiply hours by 60. Decimal hours often appear on timesheets: 7.5 h is 450 minutes, or 7 hours 30 minutes, and 0.25 h is 15 minutes.
Hours to minutes conversion chart
| Hours (h) | Minutes (min) |
|---|---|
| 1 h | 60 min |
| 2 h | 120 min |
| 3 h | 180 min |
| 4 h | 240 min |
| 5 h | 300 min |
| 6 h | 360 min |
| 7 h | 420 min |
| 8 h | 480 min |
| 9 h | 540 min |
| 10 h | 600 min |
| 12 h | 720 min |
| 15 h | 900 min |
| 20 h | 1,200 min |
| 24 h | 1,440 min |
| 30 h | 1,800 min |
| 36 h | 2,160 min |
| 45 h | 2,700 min |
| 48 h | 2,880 min |
| 60 h | 3,600 min |
| 72 h | 4,320 min |
| 90 h | 5,400 min |
| 100 h | 6,000 min |
| 120 h | 7,200 min |
What is an hour?
The hour equals 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds. Work time, pay rates, parking and travel durations are counted in hours; a full-time US work week is usually 40 hours.
What is a minute?
The minute equals 60 seconds. It is the everyday unit for cooking times, commutes, meetings and phone plans. The base-60 split of the hour goes back to Babylonian astronomy.