Microseconds (µs)
The microsecond is one millionth of a second, the time scale of electronics, radar and high-speed photography.
Convert microseconds to any time unit
1 microsecond = 1.1574074 × 10-11 days
Quick facts
- Unit
- Microsecond (plural: microseconds)
- Symbol
- µs
- Measures
- Time / Duration
- System
- Metric (SI)
- Equals
- 0.000001 seconds
- Definition
- One millionth of a second.
- Also written
- usec, µsec
1 microsecond in other units
| Days | 1.1574074 × 10-11 d |
| Hours | 2.7777778 × 10-10 h |
| Minutes | 1.6666667 × 10-8 min |
| Seconds | 0.000001 s |
| Years | 3.1688739 × 10-14 yr |
| Months | 3.8026486 × 10-13 mo |
| Weeks | 1.6534392 × 10-12 wk |
| Milliseconds | 0.001 ms |
What is a microsecond?
The microsecond is one millionth of a second, the time scale of electronics, radar and high-speed photography. Light travels about 300 m in a microsecond.
Where the microsecond sits among time units
The microsecond is number 12 of 101 on our scale of time units, ordered from smallest to largest.
Microseconds in real life
- A camera flash lasts about 1,000 µs
- GPS timing is accurate to a few tens of nanoseconds, well under a microsecond
Top microsecond conversions
Common amounts of microseconds
- 0.25 µs
- 0.5 µs
- 0.75 µs
- 1 µs
- 1.5 µs
- 2 µs
- 2.5 µs
- 3 µs
- 4 µs
- 5 µs
- 6 µs
- 7 µs
- 8 µs
- 9 µs
- 10 µs
- 11 µs
- 12 µs
- 13 µs
- 14 µs
- 15 µs
- 16 µs
- 17 µs
- 18 µs
- 19 µs
- 20 µs
- 21 µs
- 22 µs
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- 24 µs
- 25 µs
- 26 µs
- 27 µs
- 28 µs
- 29 µs
- 30 µs
- 31 µs
- 32 µs
- 33 µs
- 34 µs
- 35 µs
- 36 µs
- 37 µs
- 38 µs
- 39 µs
- 40 µs
- 41 µs
- 42 µs
- 43 µs
- 44 µs
- 45 µs
- 46 µs
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- 48 µs
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- 50 µs
- 60 µs
- 70 µs
- 80 µs
- 90 µs
- 100 µs
- 150 µs
- 200 µs
- 250 µs
- 300 µs
- 400 µs
- 500 µs
- 750 µs
- 1,000 µs
Convert microseconds to all 100 other units
Everyday
- µs to d
- µs to h
- µs to min
- µs to s
- µs to yr
- µs to mo
- µs to wk
- µs to c
- µs to dec
- µs to ka
- µs to fn
- µs to Q
- µs to common year
- µs to leap year
- µs to semester
- µs to 30-day month
- µs to score (20 years)
Metric (SI)
- µs to ms
- µs to ns
- µs to ps
- µs to fs
- µs to as
- µs to cs
- µs to ks
- µs to ds
- µs to Gs
- µs to Ms
- µs to zs
- µs to ys
- µs to Ts
Astronomical
- µs to a
- µs to sidereal day
- µs to synodic month
- µs to tropical year
- µs to Ma
- µs to sidereal year
- µs to Mars sol
- µs to galactic year
- µs to Ga
- µs to sidereal month
- µs to saros
- µs to Mars year
- µs to Metonic cycle
- µs to Platonic year
- µs to anomalistic year
- µs to draconic year
- µs to Jupiter day
- µs to Sothic cycle
- µs to Venus day
- µs to anomalistic month
- µs to draconic month
- µs to Callippic cycle
- µs to Gaussian year
- µs to Hipparchic cycle
- µs to Pluto year
- µs to sidereal second
- µs to tropical month
Scientific
Historical & cultural
- µs to generation
- µs to olympiad
- µs to baktun
- µs to decimal hour
- µs to 刻
- µs to 时辰
- µs to .beat
- µs to decimal minute
- µs to decimal second
- µs to ghati
- µs to jubilee
- µs to kalpa
- µs to lustrum
- µs to moment (medieval)
- µs to muhurta
- µs to yuga
- µs to cd
- µs to 更
- µs to helek
- µs to indiction
- µs to kalabtun
- µs to katun
- µs to kin (Maya)
- µs to mahayuga
- µs to manvantara
- µs to piktun
- µs to triennium
- µs to tun (Maya)
- µs to vighati
- µs to winal
Everyday comparisons
Convert to microseconds
Frequently asked questions
What is a microsecond?
The microsecond is one millionth of a second, the time scale of electronics, radar and high-speed photography.
How is the microsecond defined?
One millionth of a second.
How many days are in a microsecond?
One microsecond equals 1.1574074e-11 days.
How many hours are in a microsecond?
One microsecond equals 2.7777778e-10 hours.
How many minutes are in a microsecond?
One microsecond equals 1.6666667e-8 minutes.