How to Use the Daily Walk Calculator
The Simple Answer
The Daily Walk Calculator shows what a daily walk adds up to over a week, a month and a year in hours, full days and, with a speed, distance. It makes no claim about health.
What the tool does
A short walk looks small on a single day. This tool multiplies it out so you can see the total. It does only arithmetic. It does not count calories, and it says nothing about what walking does for health.
How to use it
- Enter the minutes you walk each day and how many days a week you do.
- To see the distance, add your walking speed, or the distance of each walk.
- Read the sentence first, then the week, month and year.
A worked example
Hours a year = minutes x days a week x 52 / 60. A 20-minute walk 5 days a week is 5,200 minutes, or about 87 hours a year. That is 1 hour 40 minutes a week. At 3.0 mph, distance = hours x speed, which is about 260 miles (418 km) over the year.
Things to know
- The minutes, days and speed are yours.
- A year is counted as 52 weeks, and a month is one twelfth of the year.
- The page makes no claim about what walking does for health. For calories, the Calories Burned Estimator works with the activity and weight you enter.
- This is general information and not medical advice.
Common questions
Does it count calories? No. It only adds up time and distance.
What if I walk a set distance, not a set time? Choose I know how far each walk is and enter the distance of each walk.
What Does My Daily Walk Add Up To?: Open the Daily Walk Calculator and try your own numbers.