Converter

Decimal Hours to Hours and Minutes

Enter decimal hours and read them back as hours and minutes in clock format.

InputDecimal hours
Outputh:mm
RoundingNearest minute

Decimal hours

Hours : minutes

7:45

7 hours 45 minutes (7.75 × 60 = 465 minutes)

How to convert decimal hours to hours and minutes

The fraction after the point as minutes on a ruler; the circle is the nearest whole minute the h:mm answer uses.

The digits before the point are already the hours. Multiply the digits after the point by 60 to get the minutes: 7.75 is 7 hours and 0.75 × 60 = 45 minutes, written 7:45.

When the minutes do not come out whole, round them to the nearest minute for a clock-style answer. 7.33 gives 0.33 × 60 = 19.8 minutes, so 7:20. If you need the total number of minutes instead of a split, 465 rather than 7:45, use the decimal to minutes converter.

Common decimal hours as hours and minutes

0.25 h 0.5 h 0.75 h 1.25 h 1.5 h 1.75 h 2.5 h 3.75 h 7.5 h 7.75 h8.25 h8.5 h8.75 h9.25 h

Click a dial to open its page, where one exists.

Decimal hours	h:mm	In words
0.25	0:15	0 h 15 min
0.5	0:30	0 h 30 min
0.75	0:45	0 h 45 min
1.25	1:15	1 h 15 min
1.5	1:30	1 h 30 min
1.75	1:45	1 h 45 min
2.5	2:30	2 h 30 min
3.75	3:45	3 h 45 min
7.5	7:30	7 h 30 min
7.75	7:45	7 h 45 min
8.25	8:15	8 h 15 min
8.5	8:30	8 h 30 min
8.75	8:45	8 h 45 min
9.25	9:15	9 h 15 min

Decimal hours are a duration, not a time of day

Start at 9:00 am

The decimal from the converter laid onto a clock: pick a start time and read the finish.

7.75 hours means a length of time, not quarter to eight. To find a finishing time, add the duration to a start time: 7.75 hours after 9:00 am is 4:45 pm. The time to decimal calculator works in the opposite direction, from two clock times to the decimal hours between them.