How Many Hours Are in a Month?

A month has 672 to 744 hours (730.5 on average). Working hours in a month: about 173 at 40 hours a week. Table for each month.

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A month has 720 hours if it has 30 days and 744 hours if it has 31; February has 672 (696 in a leap year). The average month is 730.485 hours. A full-time job averages 173.33 working hours a month.

730.485 hours

1 month = 730.485 hours

The same amount in every unit
UnitAmount
Milliseconds2,629,746,000
Seconds2,629,746
Minutes43,829.1
Hours730.485
Days30.4369
Weeks4.3481
Years0.0833
Decades0.0083
Centuries0.0008333

A month is 30.436875 days on average (a year ÷ 12). Calendar months have 28 to 31 days.

How it’s calculated

Every unit is converted through seconds: 1 minute = 60 s, 1 hour = 3,600 s, 1 day = 86,400 s, 1 week = 604,800 s. Months and years use the Gregorian average: 1 year = 365.2425 days = 31,556,952 s, 1 month = 1/12 year = 2,629,746 s.

Worked example with your numbers

  1. 1 month × 2,629,746 seconds per month = 2,629,746 seconds.
  2. 2,629,746 seconds ÷ 3,600 seconds per hour = 730.485 hours.

Quick answer

A month has 720 hours if it has 30 days and 744 hours if it has 31; February has 672 (696 in a leap year).

30-day month
720 hours
31-day month
744 hours
February
672 / 696 hours
Work hours (40 h/week)
173.33 a month
Days, weeks and hours in each month of 2026
Month Days Weeks Hours Weekdays
January 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 22
February 28 4 weeks + 0 days 672 20
March 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 22
April 30 4 weeks + 2 days 720 22
May 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 21
June 30 4 weeks + 2 days 720 22
July 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 23
August 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 21
September 30 4 weeks + 2 days 720 22
October 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 22
November 30 4 weeks + 2 days 720 21
December 31 4 weeks + 3 days 744 23

Average month (365.2425 ÷ 12): 30.436875 days = 4.348 weeks = 730.485 hours. “Thirty days hath September, April, June and November; all the rest have thirty-one, except February” — 28 days, 29 in a leap year.

How it works

Working hours in a given month depend on its weekdays and holidays — the table lists the weekdays of each month this year.

Frequently asked questions

How many working hours are in a month?

173.33 on average (2,080 ÷ 12). A month with 23 weekdays has 184 hours at 8 hours a day; with 20 weekdays, 160.