Convert Minutes to Seconds
Convert Minutes to Seconds instantly. 1 Minute (min) equals 60 Seconds (s).
Minutes to Seconds conversion table
| Minutes (min) | Seconds (s) |
|---|---|
| 1 min | 60 s |
| 2 min | 120 s |
| 3 min | 180 s |
| 5 min | 300 s |
| 10 min | 600 s |
| 20 min | 1,200 s |
| 50 min | 3,000 s |
| 100 min | 6,000 s |
| 500 min | 30,000 s |
| 1,000 min | 60,000 s |
1 Minute = 60 Seconds · multiply Minutes by 60
About converting Minutes to Seconds
Minutes (min) and Seconds (s) are both units of time, so converting between them is a single multiplication: multiply your Minutes figure by 60. Ten Minutes comes to 600 Seconds, and a hundred works out at 6,000 Seconds.
Rule of thumb: going from Minutes to Seconds multiplies, so the figure always grows — one Minute is already 60 Seconds. If your answer came out smaller, 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 Second?
The second is the SI base unit of time and the reference every other unit here is measured against. It was originally 1/86,400 of a mean solar day, but the Earth’s rotation is not steady enough to serve as a clock, so since 1967 the second has been defined by the caesium-133 atom: 9,192,631,770 periods of a specific hyperfine transition. Atomic time and Earth time therefore drift apart, which is why leap seconds are occasionally inserted to realign them — a fiddly practice that in 2022 was agreed to be phased out by 2035.
To put both in perspective: reading a page of a paperback takes about a minute, while a human heartbeat takes about a second.
The converter above updates as you type, and the table lists common values for quick reference. Need the opposite direction? Use the Seconds to Minutes converter, or browse all Time converters.
Frequently asked questions
How many Seconds are in one Minute?
There are 60 Seconds in one Minute.
How do I convert Minutes to Seconds?
Multiply the number of Minutes by 60. For example, 10 Minutes = 600 Seconds.
What is 100 Minutes in Seconds?
100 Minutes is equal to 6,000 Seconds.
How do I convert Seconds to Minutes?
Multiply the Seconds value by 0.01667 (or divide by 60).
Is this Minutes to Seconds conversion exact?
Yes, exactly. Both units are fixed against the same base by definition, and 1 Minute = 60 Seconds is the complete value — nothing is rounded away.
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 Second?
The second is the SI base unit of time and the reference every other unit here is measured against. It was originally 1/86,400 of a mean solar day, but the Earth’s rotation is not steady enough to serve as a clock, so since 1967 the second has been defined by the caesium-133 atom: 9,192,631,770 periods of a specific hyperfine transition. Atomic time and Earth time therefore drift apart, which is why leap seconds are occasionally inserted to realign them — a fiddly practice that in 2022 was agreed to be phased out by 2035.