Convert Minutes to Hours
Convert Minutes to Hours instantly. 1 Minute (min) equals 0.01667 Hours (h).
Minutes to Hours conversion table
| Minutes (min) | Hours (h) |
|---|---|
| 1 min | 0.01667 h |
| 2 min | 0.03333 h |
| 3 min | 0.05 h |
| 5 min | 0.08333 h |
| 10 min | 0.1667 h |
| 20 min | 0.3333 h |
| 50 min | 0.8333 h |
| 100 min | 1.6667 h |
| 500 min | 8.3333 h |
| 1,000 min | 16.6667 h |
1 Minute = 0.01667 Hours · multiply Minutes by 0.01667
About converting Minutes to Hours
Minutes (min) and Hours (h) are both units of time, so converting between them is a single multiplication: multiply your Minutes figure by 0.01667. Ten Minutes comes to 0.1667 Hours, and a hundred works out at 1.6667 Hours.
Rule of thumb: going from Minutes to Hours divides, so the figure always shrinks — it takes about 60 Minutes to make a single Hour. If your answer came out bigger, you have the conversion the wrong way round.
What is a Minute?
A minute is sixty seconds, and the sixty is a Babylonian inheritance. Ancient astronomy counted in base 60, and that arithmetic survives in two places: the division of the hour into minutes and seconds, and the division of the degree into arcminutes and arcseconds — the same words, the same ancestry. The names are Latin bookkeeping: pars minuta prima, the "first small part" of an hour, and pars minuta secunda, the second one, which is where the second gets its name. The minute is not an SI unit, but it is officially accepted for use alongside them.
What is a Hour?
An hour is sixty minutes, and the twenty-four-hour day it divides comes from ancient Egypt, though the sixty inside it is Babylonian. For most of history hours were not equal: daylight was split into twelve parts and the night into twelve more, so an hour was simply longer in summer than in winter. Only mechanical clocks made fixed hours practical, since a clock cannot easily be told to run slower in December. The hour is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with SI, and it remains the unit almost all paid work is priced in.
To put both in perspective: reading a page of a paperback takes about a minute, while an hour is a standard slot in most people’s calendars.
The converter above updates as you type, and the table lists common values for quick reference. Need the opposite direction? Use the Hours to Minutes converter, or browse all Time converters.
Frequently asked questions
How many Hours are in one Minute?
There are 0.01667 Hours in one Minute.
How do I convert Minutes to Hours?
Multiply the number of Minutes by 0.01667. For example, 10 Minutes = 0.1667 Hours.
What is 100 Minutes in Hours?
100 Minutes is equal to 1.6667 Hours.
How do I convert Hours to Minutes?
Multiply the Hours value by 60 (or divide by 0.01667).
Is this Minutes to Hours conversion exact?
The definition is exact — Minutes and Hours are both fixed against the same base by international agreement — but the decimal shown here is rounded for readability, because the true ratio does not terminate. For engineering or scientific work, carry more decimal places than this page displays.
What is a Minute?
A minute is sixty seconds, and the sixty is a Babylonian inheritance. Ancient astronomy counted in base 60, and that arithmetic survives in two places: the division of the hour into minutes and seconds, and the division of the degree into arcminutes and arcseconds — the same words, the same ancestry. The names are Latin bookkeeping: pars minuta prima, the "first small part" of an hour, and pars minuta secunda, the second one, which is where the second gets its name. The minute is not an SI unit, but it is officially accepted for use alongside them.
What is a Hour?
An hour is sixty minutes, and the twenty-four-hour day it divides comes from ancient Egypt, though the sixty inside it is Babylonian. For most of history hours were not equal: daylight was split into twelve parts and the night into twelve more, so an hour was simply longer in summer than in winter. Only mechanical clocks made fixed hours practical, since a clock cannot easily be told to run slower in December. The hour is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with SI, and it remains the unit almost all paid work is priced in.