How long does it take to walk?

Written by Jamie Miller, Founder & EditorLast checked 18 September 2026

At an ordinary walking pace of 5 km/h, 1 kilometre takes 12 minutes and 1 mile takes 19 minutes. Walk briskly at 6.5 km/h and both drop by roughly a quarter. The full table below covers slow to brisk walking across the distances people actually ask about; the calculator underneath it is for anything in between.

Walking time by pace and distance

Time to walk common distances at different paces
Pace	1 km	1 mile	3 km	3 miles	5 km	10,000 steps (~7.5 km)
3 km/h	20 min	32 min	1h 00m	1h 37m	1h 40m	2h 30m
3.5 km/h	17 min	28 min	51 min	1h 23m	1h 26m	2h 09m
4 km/h	15 min	24 min	45 min	1h 12m	1h 15m	1h 53m
4.5 km/h	13 min	21 min	40 min	1h 04m	1h 07m	1h 40m
5 km/h	12 min	19 min	36 min	58 min	1h 00m	1h 30m
5.5 km/h	11 min	18 min	33 min	53 min	55 min	1h 22m
6 km/h	10 min	16 min	30 min	48 min	50 min	1h 15m
6.5 km/h	9 min	15 min	28 min	45 min	46 min	1h 09m
7 km/h	9 min	14 min	26 min	41 min	43 min	1h 04m

Work out your own

Distance

Your pace

km/h

12 min

What counts as a "normal" walking pace

There is no single correct number, because pace depends on height, fitness, terrain and what you are doing while you walk. As a rough anchor: 3 to 4 km/h is a slow, ambling pace; 5 km/h is an ordinary unhurried walk; 6 to 6.5 km/h is brisk, the pace most step-count guidance assumes; above that most people shift into a jog.

We have not measured anyone's actual walking pace ourselves. The bands above are the conventional ranges this kind of calculator is normally built around, not a finding from our own research. How we review.

Why this differs from what your phone tells you

A phone or watch estimates your pace from GPS and step data, and both are noisy over short distances, in traffic, indoors, or with a stride-length assumption that does not match you. The table above is pure arithmetic; your own device is a measurement, and a measurement of the real world is usually more accurate than an assumed average, not less.