How many hours are in a year?
8,760 hours
365 × 24 · leap year: 8,784 · average year: 8765.82
How to count the hours in a year
- Take the days in the year: 365, or 366 in a leap year.
- Multiply by 24 hours: 8,760 or 8,784.
- For minutes, multiply by 60 again: 525,600 or 527,040.
Hours, minutes and seconds per year, 2026 to 2035
| Year | Days | Hours | Minutes | Seconds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2027 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2028 | 366 | 8,784 | 527,040 | 31,622,400 |
| 2029 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2030 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2031 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2032 | 366 | 8,784 | 527,040 | 31,622,400 |
| 2033 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2034 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
| 2035 | 365 | 8,760 | 525,600 | 31,536,000 |
At work: how many working hours are in a year. Shorter: how many hours are in a week.
Frequently asked questions
How many hours are in a year?
8,760 in a common year (365 × 24) and 8,784 in a leap year (366 × 24). 2027 has 8,760 hours; the next leap year, 2028, has 8,784.
How many hours are in an average year?
8,765.82: the Gregorian calendar averages 365.2425 days a year over its 400-year cycle, and 365.2425 × 24 = 8765.82.
Does daylight saving time change the hours in a year?
No. The spring-forward day has 23 hours on the clock and the fall-back day has 25, so the year still has 8,760 or 8,784.
How many of those hours are working hours?
At 40 hours a week, 1,992 in 2027 after federal holidays, about 23% of the year's 8,760 hours.