Seconds to Hours Converter

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

Worked example: 7,200 seconds equals 2 hours.

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

Common values in seconds and their equivalents in hours:

There are 3,600 seconds in an hour. This conversion is common in fitness and workout apps that log total exercise time in seconds, video and audio editing where a runtime is stored in seconds, and converting a stopwatch or timer total into 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.

• Hours to Seconds Converter: 1 hour = 3,600 seconds
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• Hours to Years Converter: 1 year is 8,766 hours on average
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• Seconds to Days Converter: 1 day = 86,400 seconds
• Seconds to Years Converter: 1 year is 31,557,600 seconds on average
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• 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