How many minutes are in a year?
Quick Answer: There are 525,600 minutes in a common year of 365 days. For a leap year with 366 days, there are 527,040 minutes.
Here’s how that works: one day has 24 hours, and each hour has 60 minutes. Multiplying 24 hours by 60 minutes gives you 1,440 minutes per day. Then, multiplying 1,440 minutes by 365 days equals 525,600 minutes in a common year.
For leap years, which happen every 4 years to keep our calendar aligned with Earth’s orbit, there’s an extra day. So, 1,440 minutes times 366 days equals 527,040 minutes in a leap year.