Minutes to Decimal Hours Chart

A printable chart of every minute from 1 to 60 as a decimal of an hour, plus a converter for any number of minutes. Payroll teams use it to turn time card minutes into decimal hours.

Minutes

Minutes

Decimal hours

0.38

0:23 (h:mm)

Exact0.3833
Hours and minutes0 hr 23 min

How to use it

Enter minutes in the converter, or find the row in the chart.
Add the decimal to your whole hours: 8 hours 23 minutes = 8 + 0.38 = 8.38.

The formula

Decimal = minutes ÷ 60

Rounded to two decimal places, as payroll systems usually do

Example: 23 minutes ÷ 60 = 0.3833…, which rounds to 0.38. 8 hours 23 minutes is 8.38 hours.

Minutes to decimal hours chart

Minutes	Decimal
1	0.02
2	0.03
3	0.05
4	0.07
5	0.08
6	0.10
7	0.12
8	0.13
9	0.15
10	0.17
11	0.18
12	0.20
13	0.22
14	0.23
15	0.25
16	0.27
17	0.28
18	0.30
19	0.32
20	0.33

Minutes	Decimal
21	0.35
22	0.37
23	0.38
24	0.40
25	0.42
26	0.43
27	0.45
28	0.47
29	0.48
30	0.50
31	0.52
32	0.53
33	0.55
34	0.57
35	0.58
36	0.60
37	0.62
38	0.63
39	0.65
40	0.67

Minutes	Decimal
41	0.68
42	0.70
43	0.72
44	0.73
45	0.75
46	0.77
47	0.78
48	0.80
49	0.82
50	0.83
51	0.85
52	0.87
53	0.88
54	0.90
55	0.92
56	0.93
57	0.95
58	0.97
59	0.98
60	1.00

Good to know

Two-decimal rounding can be off by up to 18 seconds a day; over a year it is usually a few minutes either way.
If your employer rounds punches to 15 minutes, you'll only ever see .00, .25, .50 and .75.

Questions

What is 10 minutes as a decimal?

0.17 hours (10 ÷ 60 = 0.1667).

What is 25 minutes as a decimal?

0.42 hours (25 ÷ 60 = 0.4167).

What is 50 minutes as a decimal?

0.83 hours (50 ÷ 60 = 0.8333).

How many minutes is 0.5 hours?

30 minutes.