Hours to Decimal

Enter hours and minutes to calculate the equivalent decimal hours.

Examples:

Converted time

Breakdown

Total minutes
Exact HH:MM
Rounded decimal

How it is calculated

Decimal hours = hours + minutes ÷ 60.

Minutes are divided by sixty, not treated as base-100 digits.

Worked example

7:30: 7.50 hours

Important cases

  • 7:30 equals 7.50, not 7.30.
  • 7:45 equals 7.75.
Quarter-hour conversions
TimeDecimal
7:007.00
7:157.25
7:307.50
7:457.75