Convert Minute to Second.
Input the value of minutes below to convert instantly to seconds with standard conversions, definitions, and equations.
About converting minutes to seconds
Minutes to seconds is the fine-grained timing conversion used in workouts, cooking, science, and anywhere a duration needs to be expressed in base SI time units.
There are exactly 60 seconds in a minute, so converting minutes to seconds means multiplying by 60. So 5 minutes is 300 seconds, 10 minutes is 600 seconds, and 90 minutes is 5,400 seconds.
The second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units, defined with extraordinary precision by the vibrations of a caesium atom. Minutes and hours are technically derived, non-SI units kept for everyday convenience — which is why scientific timing ultimately reduces everything back to seconds.
- Multiply by 60 once for minutes-to-seconds; multiply by 3,600 to skip straight from hours to seconds.
- Interval training: a 90-second rest is 1.5 minutes, a 45-second effort is 0.75 minutes.
How to Convert Minutes to Seconds
To convert minute to second, we use the official conversion formulas. Below is the mathematical formula, plain-English explanation, and a worked example.
Minute (min)
Sixty seconds.
Second (s)
The base SI unit of time.
Minute to Second Conversion Table
| Minute (min) | Second (s) |
|---|---|
| 1 min | 60 s |
| 2 min | 120 s |
| 3 min | 180 s |
| 5 min | 300 s |
| 10 min | 600 s |
| 15 min | 900 s |
| 20 min | 1200 s |
| 25 min | 1500 s |
| 50 min | 3000 s |
| 100 min | 6000 s |
| 250 min | 15000 s |
| 500 min | 30000 s |
| 1000 min | 60000 s |
Second to Minute Conversion Table
| Second (s) | Minute (min) |
|---|---|
| 1 s | 0.01667 min |
| 2 s | 0.03333 min |
| 3 s | 0.05 min |
| 5 s | 0.08333 min |
| 10 s | 0.16667 min |
| 15 s | 0.25 min |
| 20 s | 0.33333 min |
| 25 s | 0.41667 min |
| 50 s | 0.83333 min |
| 100 s | 1.66667 min |
| 250 s | 4.16667 min |
| 500 s | 8.33333 min |
| 1000 s | 16.66667 min |