1 hour timer
One hour is 60 minutes — a common length for meetings, classes, workouts and baking.
Ready
Ends 1 hour after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
1 hour in other units
- Minutes
- 60
- Seconds
- 3,600
- Share of a day
- 4.2%
- 1/24 of a day
- On the timer
- 1:00:00
What a 1 hour timer is good for
- Rising dough. Many bread recipes let the dough rise for about an hour, or until it has doubled in size.
- Meetings and lessons. Keep an hour-long meeting, lesson or tutoring session on schedule.
- Screen-time limits. Set a clear stopping point for games or videos.
- Roasting. A whole chicken often roasts for around an hour to an hour and a half, depending on its size.
Other timers
About this timer
The countdown runs against your device's clock from the moment you press Start, so it stays accurate in a background tab. The line under the digits shows the local time it will end. Pick one of ten alarm sounds, all generated in your browser (hear them on the countdown sounds page), and use full screen to read the time from across a room. Need a different length? Set a custom timer.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I set a timer for 1 hour?
This page is already set to 1 hour. Press Start, or the Space bar, and the countdown begins; when it reaches zero, the alarm sounds and the page shows Time's up. Pause stops the clock and Reset takes it back to 1 hour.
How many minutes are in 1 hour?
60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds.
Can I see how much of the hour is left at a glance?
Yes. The progress bar under the digits shrinks as time passes, and full-screen mode makes the countdown readable from across a room.
Will the alarm go off if I switch tabs?
In most desktop browsers, yes. The countdown is worked out from the real clock, and the alarm is scheduled with the browser's sound engine when you press Start, so it stays on time in a background tab. Phones can pause web pages when the screen locks, so keep the screen on — the timer asks the browser to do that where it can — and turn the volume up.