How long is 3 seconds?

Put simply, three seconds is equal to 3,000 milliseconds or 3,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 3 seconds is equal to 0.05 minutes, or 0.00083 hours, or 0.000034 days.

Here's a closer look at what 3 seconds equals:

0.000004 weeks
0.000034 days
0.00083 hours
0.05 minutes
3,000 milliseconds
3,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 558,846 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 55.5 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 1,200 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 3,345 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 3,375 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 6 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 4 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)