A day has 1,440 minutes: 24 hours × 60 minutes. A week has 10,080 minutes and a common year 525,600.
1,440 minutes
1 day = 1,440 minutes
| Unit | Amount |
|---|---|
| Milliseconds | 86,400,000 |
| Seconds | 86,400 |
| Minutes | 1,440 |
| Hours | 24 |
| Weeks | 0.1429 |
| Months | 0.0329 |
| Years | 0.0027 |
| Decades | 0.0002738 |
| Centuries | 0.00002738 |
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 day × 86,400 seconds per day = 86,400 seconds.
- 86,400 seconds ÷ 60 seconds per minute = 1,440 minutes.
Quick answer
A day has 1,440 minutes: 24 hours × 60 minutes.
- 1 day
- 1,440 minutes
- 1 hour
- 60 minutes
- 8-hour workday
- 480 minutes
- 1 week
- 10,080 minutes
| Hours | Days | Days and hours |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0.5 | 0 days 12 hours |
| 24 | 1 | 1 day |
| 36 | 1.5 | 1 day 12 hours |
| 48 | 2 | 2 days |
| 60 | 2.5 | 2 days 12 hours |
| 72 | 3 | 3 days |
| 96 | 4 | 4 days |
| 100 | 4.1667 | 4 days 4 hours |
| 120 | 5 | 5 days |
| 144 | 6 | 6 days |
| 168 | 7 | 7 days |
| 240 | 10 | 10 days |
| 336 | 14 | 14 days |
| 720 | 30 | 30 days |
Days = hours ÷ 24. 72 hours is exactly 3 days; 168 hours is one week.
How it works
An 8-hour workday is 480 minutes — a third of the day. To turn minutes into hours, divide by 60; the minutes to decimal hours converter does it for payroll.
Frequently asked questions
How many minutes are in half a day?
720 minutes (12 hours).