4 minute timer
Four minutes is the usual steeping time for French press coffee and the length of a complete Tabata workout.
Ready
Ends 4 minutes after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
4 minutes in other units
- Seconds
- 240
- Share of an hour
- 6.7%
- 1/15 of an hour
- On the timer
- 04:00
- Back to back
- 360 a day
- fit exactly into 24 hours
What a 4 minute timer is good for
- French press coffee. Pour the water, stir, and let it steep for about four minutes before pressing the plunger.
- Tabata workout. Eight rounds of 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest add up to exactly four minutes.
- Black tea. Four minutes sits in the middle of the usual three-to-five-minute range for black tea.
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 4 minutes?
This page is already set to 4 minutes. 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 4 minutes.
How many seconds are in 4 minutes?
240 seconds, or 1/15 of an hour.
How long should French press coffee steep?
About four minutes is the usual starting point. Steep a little longer for a stronger cup, or use a coarser grind if it tastes bitter.
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.