60 Minute Timer

Press Start to count down 60 minutes.

This free 60 minute timer counts down 60 minutes with a shrinking red disc you can read at a glance. 60 minutes is 3,600 seconds (three thousand six hundred seconds). Sixty minutes covers an exam, a meeting, a workout and a roast, and it is the same as our 1 hour timer.

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What a 60 minute timer is good for

Sixty minutes is the full rotation of the dial, the classic visual timer from edge to edge. Many people search for a sixty minute timer when they want to see the whole disc of colour shrink across an hour.

An exam

Many school and professional exams, from mock papers to driving theory tests, last an hour.

A meeting

An hour-long meeting is easier to keep on track when everyone can see how much time is left.

A workout

A full gym session or a group exercise class usually runs for sixty minutes.

A roast

A small chicken of about 1.2 kilograms roasts in roughly an hour at 190°C. See the 1 Hour Timer page for the same length shown as hours.

To pace yourself, glance at the disc rather than the numbers. With the 60 minute timer running, half the colour has gone after 30 minutes, and when only a quarter is left you have 15 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 60 minutes are for.

How to use the 60 minute timer

  1. It is ready

    The dial is already set to 60 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.

60 minutes in other units

60 minutes equals
Seconds3,600
Minutes60
Hours1
Fraction of a day1/24

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 3,600 seconds in 60 minutes, which is 1 hour.

Timing a one hour exam, keeping a meeting on schedule, a full gym session or class, or roasting a small whole chicken.

Yes. The 60 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 60 minutes are up.

No. The 60 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 60 minutes is readable from the back of the room.

Yes, once this page has loaded. Nothing is sent over the network while the 60 minutes count down, so a dropped connection will not stop the timer.

Yes, in many UK and US secondary schools, where a period lasts an hour including movement between rooms.

Eight in a standard eight hour day, though breaks and meetings usually leave room for four to six hours of focused work.

A small whole chicken, a meatloaf, a tray of baked potatoes or a fruit crumble. Start this 60 minute timer when the oven reaches temperature.

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