BPM

Beats per minute count events per minute: heartbeats for pulse rate and beats for musical tempo. 60 bpm is exactly 1 Hz.

Symbol: bpm

Quantity: frequency and rotational speed

SI relation: 1 bpm = 0.01666666666667 Hz (exact)

Derivation: 1 bpm = 1/60 Hz.

Exact: yes, by definition

Same quantity as revolution per minute (rpm) : the factor between them is exactly 1.

Typical uses

Heart rate
Music tempo and metronomes
Breathing and other cyclic rates

Convert beats per minute to other units

1 bpm in other frequency units
Conversion	1 bpm equals	Reverse
beat per minute to hertz	0.01666666667 Hz	hertz to beat per minute
beat per minute to megahertz	1.666666667 × 10⁻⁸ MHz	megahertz to beat per minute
beat per minute to gigahertz	1.666666667 × 10⁻¹¹ GHz	gigahertz to beat per minute
beat per minute to revolution per minute	1 rpm	revolution per minute to beat per minute
beat per minute to kilohertz	0.00001666666667 kHz	kilohertz to beat per minute
beat per minute to radian per second	0.1047197551 rad/s	radian per second to beat per minute
beat per minute to revolution per second	0.01666666667 rps	revolution per second to beat per minute
beat per minute to degree per second	6 °/s	degree per second to beat per minute
beat per minute to terahertz	1.666666667 × 10⁻¹⁴ THz	terahertz to beat per minute

Open the Frequency & RPM Converter to convert any value between all units.

Sources

The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 7 (SI prefixes); hertz, Table 4.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-15. Factors are stored exactly and computed with 50-digit decimal arithmetic. See how we verify conversion factors.

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APA

Scientific Converters. (2026, October 15). BPM. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://scientificconverters.com/units/beat-per-minute/

IEEE

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