Number Converters · Browser · Free

Decimal Degrees to Degrees, Minutes, Seconds

Type an angle written in decimal degrees into the single field, then press Convert. The tool answers with the same angle split into degrees, minutes and seconds.

What this tool does

There is one field, and it takes the angle in decimal degrees. When you press Convert, the result appears in a card below the button, with a row for degrees, a row for minutes, a row for seconds and a row for the whole angle.

Copy writes the result and its unit to the clipboard. Clear resets the form, so you can start again with a new value.

Decimal degrees to degrees, minutes and seconds formula

The whole conversion rests on one fact: 1 degree is 60 minutes, and 1 minute is 60 seconds. Because of that, the whole degrees carry over unchanged, the part left over is counted in minutes, and any part still left over is counted in seconds.

The table below shows pairs you can compare your own working against: 0.5° is written as 0° 30′ 0″, and 90.125° is written as 90° 7′ 30″.