How long is 20 seconds?

Put simply, twenty seconds is equal to 20,000 milliseconds or 20,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 20 seconds is equal to 0.33 minutes, or 0.0056 hours, or 0.00023 days.

Here's a closer look at what 20 seconds equals:

0.000033 weeks
0.00023 days
0.0056 hours
0.33 minutes
20,000 milliseconds
20,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 3,725,640 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 370 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 8,000 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 22,300 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 22,500 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 40 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 29 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)
Switching a light on and off 7 times (each switch takes 3 seconds)