How long is a minute?

Put simply, one minute equals 60 seconds, or 60,000 milliseconds or 60,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, a minute is equal to 0.00069 hours, or about 0.000099 weeks.

Here's a closer look at what a minute equals:

0.000099 weeks
0.00069 days
0.02 hours
60 seconds
60,000 milliseconds
60,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 11,176,920 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 24,000 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 66,900 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 67,500 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 120 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 86 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)