120 Minute Timer

Press Start to count down 120 minutes.

This free 120 minute timer counts down 120 minutes with a shrinking red disc you can read at a glance. 120 minutes is 7,200 seconds (seven thousand two hundred seconds). It covers a feature film, a long exam, a revision block and a slow roast.

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What a 120 minute timer is good for

One hundred and twenty minutes, two full hours, is a common length for feature films and final exams. It is a big block of time, and a visual countdown helps break it into parts you can manage.

A feature film

Most feature films run between ninety and one hundred and twenty minutes, so this is a useful screen time limit for a film night.

A long exam

Many school and university exams last two hours. Practise to time with the disc in view.

A revision block

Two hours of revision with a short break at the halfway point is a solid morning’s work.

A slow roast

A two kilogram joint of pork or lamb roasts in about two hours at a moderate temperature.

To pace yourself, glance at the disc rather than the numbers. With the 120 minute timer running, half the colour has gone after 1 hour, and when only a quarter is left you have 30 minutes to wrap up. Open fullscreen if the timer needs to be read across a room, and add a label so everyone knows what the 120 minutes are for.

How to use the 120 minute timer

  1. It is ready

    The dial is already set to 120 minutes. To change it, drag the disc, tap a preset or open Custom.

  2. Press Start

    Or press the Space bar. The red disc shrinks back towards 12 o’clock as the time runs down.

  3. Watch the disc

    Read the time left at a glance, or open fullscreen for a big dial that fills the screen.

  4. Time’s up

    Your alarm plays until you press Stop. Press Reset or R to run the same time again.

120 minutes in other units

120 minutes equals
Seconds7,200
Minutes120
Hours2
Fraction of a day1/12

Why use this timer

Why a visual timer helps

A shrinking disc turns time into something you can see. You read how much is left at a glance, without doing sums on a clock, and an invisible deadline feels less stressful when you can watch it approach. That is why visual timers are a staple in classrooms and are widely used by people with ADHD and autistic children and adults. Read our guide to using a visual timer, how it helps with ADHD time blindness, classroom transitions and autism.

Why this timer is accurate

The countdown is anchored to your device clock rather than counted in animation frames. It does not drift if you switch tabs or your screen sleeps: it keeps running in the background and still sounds the alarm on time. When you come back, the disc jumps straight to the correct position.

Frequently asked questions

There are 7,200 seconds in 120 minutes, which is 2 hours.

A two hour film night, a full-length practice exam, a morning revision block with a break at the midpoint, or slow-roasting a large joint.

Yes. The 120 minute countdown is anchored to your device clock rather than counted frame by frame, so it stays accurate in a background tab and the alarm still fires when the 120 minutes are up.

No. The 120 minute timer runs in your browser on phone, tablet and desktop. It is free, and there is no account, app or download.

Yes. Press the fullscreen button or the F key. The dial fills the screen, so the remaining part of the 120 minutes is readable from the back of the room.

Yes, once this page has loaded. Nothing is sent over the network while the 120 minutes count down, so a dropped connection will not stop the timer.

One hundred and twenty minutes is exactly two hours, or 7,200 seconds. See the 2 Hour Timer page for the same countdown.

When the 120 minutes are up the disc is empty, the screen shows Time’s up! and your alarm plays until you press Stop. It stops by itself after five minutes.

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