Convert Hour to Minute.
Input the value of hours below to convert instantly to minutes with standard conversions, definitions, and equations.
About converting hours to minutes
Hours to minutes is the scheduling conversion behind timetables, billing, cooking, and any task where a duration in hours needs a minute-level breakdown.
There are exactly 60 minutes in an hour, so converting hours to minutes means multiplying by 60. So 2 hours is 120 minutes, 1.5 hours is 90 minutes, and a quarter-hour is 15 minutes.
The 60-based (sexagesimal) division of the hour comes from ancient Babylonian mathematics, which favored 60 because it divides evenly by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30. That divisibility is why half, third, and quarter hours all land on whole minutes — a convenience modern decimal time would lose.
- For fractional hours, multiply the decimal part by 60: 2.25 h = 2 h + 0.25 × 60 = 2 h 15 min.
- Billing in 6-minute increments? Each tenth of an hour is exactly 6 minutes.
How to Convert Hours to Minutes
To convert hour to minute, we use the official conversion formulas. Below is the mathematical formula, plain-English explanation, and a worked example.
Hour (h)
Sixty minutes, or 3,600 seconds.
Minute (min)
Sixty seconds.
Hour to Minute Conversion Table
| Hour (h) | Minute (min) |
|---|---|
| 1 h | 60 min |
| 2 h | 120 min |
| 3 h | 180 min |
| 5 h | 300 min |
| 10 h | 600 min |
| 15 h | 900 min |
| 20 h | 1200 min |
| 25 h | 1500 min |
| 50 h | 3000 min |
| 100 h | 6000 min |
| 250 h | 15000 min |
| 500 h | 30000 min |
| 1000 h | 60000 min |
Minute to Hour Conversion Table
| Minute (min) | Hour (h) |
|---|---|
| 1 min | 0.01667 h |
| 2 min | 0.03333 h |
| 3 min | 0.05 h |
| 5 min | 0.08333 h |
| 10 min | 0.16667 h |
| 15 min | 0.25 h |
| 20 min | 0.33333 h |
| 25 min | 0.41667 h |
| 50 min | 0.83333 h |
| 100 min | 1.66667 h |
| 250 min | 4.16667 h |
| 500 min | 8.33333 h |
| 1000 min | 16.66667 h |