5 minute timer
Five minutes is the standard short break in the Pomodoro technique and a handy block for small jobs.
Ready
Ends 5 minutes after you press Start.
Keyboard: Space start or pause, R reset, F full screen.
5 minutes in other units
- Seconds
- 300
- Share of an hour
- 8.3%
- 1/12 of an hour
- On the timer
- 05:00
- Back to back
- 288 a day
- fit exactly into 24 hours
What a 5 minute timer is good for
- Pomodoro breaks. After each 25-minute focus block, the Pomodoro technique calls for a five-minute break.
- Warm-ups. Five minutes of easy movement before a workout or a run.
- Timed writing. Free-write without stopping until the alarm goes.
- Quick cleanups. A five-minute tidy — kids often enjoy racing the clock.
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 5 minutes?
This page is already set to 5 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 5 minutes.
How many seconds are in 5 minutes?
300 seconds, or 1/12 of an hour.
What should I do in a five-minute break?
Step away from the screen: stretch, refill your water or take a short walk. The Pomodoro technique keeps short breaks to about five minutes before the next focus block.
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.