5 Minute Timer

Counts down 5 minutes in your browser and sounds an alarm when it finishes. No sign-up, no ads.

00:05:00

5 minutes

What people set a 5 minute timer for

A short meditation
Resting a steak before slicing
A five-minute break between tasks
A hard-boiled egg from a rolling boil

300 seconds8.3% of an hour

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This is a ready-to-go 5 minute timer: press start and it counts down from 00:05:00, then plays an alarm. Nothing is sent anywhere — the countdown and the alarm both run in your browser, so it keeps working with no connection.

What people set 5 minutes for: a short meditation, resting a steak before slicing, a five-minute break between tasks, a hard-boiled egg from a rolling boil. Five minutes is the most-set timer duration there is: long enough to be worth timing, short enough that you would otherwise lose track.

Need a different length, laps, or a sequence of intervals back to back? The full stopwatch and timer takes any duration, records lap times, and runs multi-step interval workouts.

How long is a 5 minute timer?

5 minutes — that is 300 seconds, or 8.3% of an hour. The countdown on this page starts at 00:05:00 and runs to zero.

What is a 5 minute timer used for?

Most often: a short meditation, resting a steak before slicing, a five-minute break between tasks, a hard-boiled egg from a rolling boil. Five minutes is the most-set timer duration there is: long enough to be worth timing, short enough that you would otherwise lose track.

Does the 5 minute timer keep running if I switch tabs?

The elapsed time is measured against the clock rather than counted frame by frame, so the total is unaffected by a background tab — it catches up the moment the tab is visible again. Browsers do throttle background tabs, though, so the alarm can be late if the timer finishes while the tab is hidden. Closing the tab stops it entirely; for anything longer than an hour a phone alarm is more reliable.

Does it work offline?

Yes. The page is cached the first time you visit, and the timer and its alarm are entirely local — nothing is sent to a server and there is no account to create.