How long is 5 seconds?

Put simply, five seconds is equal to 5,000 milliseconds or 5,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 5 seconds is equal to 0.08 minutes, or 0.0014 hours, or 0.000057 days.

Here's a closer look at what 5 seconds equals:

0.000008 weeks
0.000057 days
0.0014 hours
0.08 minutes
5,000 milliseconds
5,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 931,410 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 92.5 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 2,000 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 5,575 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 5,625 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 10 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 7 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)