How long is a year?

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Put simply, one year is 12 months, which is about 52.18 weeks or 365.25 days. If you break it down further, a year equals 8,766 hours or 525,960 minutes.

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

  • 12 months
  • About 52.18 weeks
  • About 365.25 days
  • About 8,766 hours
  • About 525,960 minutes
  • About 31,557,600 seconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

  • Sleeping 8 hours per night over 365 nights (total is 2,922 hours)
  • Eating about 1,096 meals (three meals per day)
  • The Moon orbiting Earth 13.4 times (each orbit takes about 27.3 days)
  • Working 2,087 hours (assuming a 40-hour workweek)
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