How long does it take to walk a mile?
About 20 minutes at an average 3 mph, or 15 minutes if you walk briskly at 4 mph. Use the calculator for any distance or step count.
Tap your cadence: are you walking briskly?
Intensity is easier to judge by steps per minute than by speed. Walk normally and tap the button on every step (or every time your right foot lands, then double the number) for 10 seconds.
Bands from the CADENCE-Adults study (Tudor-Locke et al., 2019): about 100 steps/min is moderate intensity and about 130 is vigorous for adults 21 to 40; thresholds are similar into the 60s.
Walking time chart
| Distance | 2.5 mph | 3 mph | 3.5 mph | 4 mph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 mi | 24 min | 20 min | 17 min | 15 min |
| 2 mi | 48 min | 40 min | 34 min | 30 min |
| 3 mi | 1 h 12 min | 1 h 0 min | 51 min | 45 min |
| 5 mi | 2 h 0 min | 1 h 40 min | 1 h 26 min | 1 h 15 min |
| 10 mi | 4 h 0 min | 3 h 20 min | 2 h 51 min | 2 h 30 min |
| 1 km | 15 min | 12 min | 11 min | 9 min |
| 5 km | 1 h 15 min | 1 h 2 min | 53 min | 47 min |
| 10 km | 2 h 29 min | 2 h 4 min | 1 h 47 min | 1 h 33 min |
What's a normal walking speed?
Healthy adults typically walk at about 2.8 to 3.4 mph (4.5 to 5.5 km/h). Walking speed tends to slow with age, and clinicians use gait speed as a general health marker; speeds under about 0.8 m/s (1.8 mph) in older adults are linked with higher health risks (Studenski et al., JAMA 2011).
Questions people ask
How long does it take to walk a mile?
About 15 to 20 minutes for most adults. At an average 3 mph a mile takes 20 minutes; at a brisk 4 mph it takes 15 minutes.
How long does it take to walk 10,000 steps?
About 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes of walking in total at 100 to 110 steps per minute. At a brisk 120 steps per minute it is about 1 hour 25 minutes. Most people spread this across the day.
How many steps are in a 30 minute walk?
About 3,000 to 3,600 steps at a normal to brisk pace (100 to 120 steps per minute).
How many steps per minute is brisk walking?
About 100 steps per minute or more. Research by Tudor-Locke and colleagues (2019, CADENCE-Adults study) found 100 steps per minute is a good heuristic threshold for moderate intensity, and about 130 for vigorous.
How many steps in an hour of walking?
Roughly 6,000 to 7,200 at a normal to brisk pace. At 3 mph a 5′7″ walker covers 3 miles, about 6,860 steps.
How long does it take to walk a km?
About 10 to 13 minutes at a normal pace of 4.5 to 6 km/h.