Hours to Seconds Converter

The formula is: seconds = hours × 3,600.

Worked example: 1 hour equals 3,600 seconds.

To go the other way, use the Seconds to Hours Converter, which divides by 3,600 instead of multiplying.

Common values in hours and their equivalents in seconds:

Used mainly in scientific, programming, and engineering contexts where a duration needs to be expressed in raw seconds for a formula or a script, such as converting a video or audio length, a physics problem duration, or a server timeout value given in hours.

To add or subtract durations given in hours, minutes and seconds, use the Time Calculator. To turn a clock time such as 7:45 into decimal hours, use the Hours to Decimal Calculator.

Every time converter that shares a unit with this page, starting with the reverse conversion, one page per pair of units, then the converters that show many units at once.

• Seconds to Hours Converter: 1 hour = 3,600 seconds
• Hours to Days Converter: 1 day = 24 hours
• Minutes to Hours Converter: 1 hour = 60 minutes
• Hours to Weeks Converter: 1 week = 168 hours
• Hours to Years Converter: 1 year is 8,766 hours on average
• Minutes to Seconds Converter: 1 minute = 60 seconds
• Seconds to Days Converter: 1 day = 86,400 seconds
• Seconds to Years Converter: 1 year is 31,557,600 seconds on average
• Milliseconds to Seconds Converter: 1 second = 1,000 milliseconds
• Day Converter: days to hours, minutes, weeks, fortnights, months and years at once
• Hour Converter: hours to minutes, seconds, days, weeks, months and years at once
• Minute Converter: minutes to hours, seconds, days, weeks and more at once
• Seconds Converter: seconds to milliseconds, nanoseconds, minutes, hours and more at once
• Milliseconds Converter: milliseconds to seconds, minutes, microseconds and more at once
• Time Unit Converter: any amount of time in 13 units, from picoseconds to decades