5 minute timer
5:00
Press Start or the space bar.
5 minutes at a glance
- On the timer
- 5:00
- Seconds
- 300
- Minutes
- 5
- ISO 8601 duration
PT5M- Share of a day
- 0.347 %
- Back to back in one hour
- 12
- Back to back in 24 hours
- 288
When a 5 minute timer ends
The line under the timer shows the end time for your clock as soon as the page opens. For planning, here is where 5 minutes lands from some common start times:
| Start | Ends |
|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | 7:05 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 12:05 PM |
| 3:30 PM | 3:35 PM |
| 5:45 PM | 5:50 PM |
| 10:30 PM | 10:35 PM |
| 11:50 PM | 11:55 PM |
Five minutes is the classic short break of the Pomodoro Technique, between two 25-minute work blocks. After it ends, start a 25-minute timer for the next block.
Questions
How do I set a timer for 5 minutes?
This page is already set to 5:00. Press Start, the space bar or Enter. It rings after exactly 5 minutes; you can add or remove a minute while it runs with + and −.
How many seconds is 5 minutes?
5 minutes is 300 seconds. In ISO 8601 notation, the standard way software writes a duration, it is
PT5M.