Pomodoro Timer

15 Minute Timer

Counts down 15 minutes, with optional breaks. Ends at … if you start now.

25:00

A fifteen-minute countdown with a one-click start and an alarm at the end. The timer holds a fixed finishing time and checks it against your clock, so switching tabs or minimising the window will not cost you seconds. No account and nothing to install.

A quarter of an hour is the shortest slot most people will book. The Scrum Guide caps the daily stand-up at fifteen minutes, which is why so many teams have a visible countdown on the wall for it. It is also the floor of the pomodoro long break, Cirillo's fifteen to thirty minutes after four sessions. And for anyone who finds twenty-five minutes an intimidating thing to promise, fifteen is often the length that actually gets started.

What fits in 15 minutes

  • A daily stand-up, which the Scrum Guide timeboxes at fifteen minutes
  • The long break after four pomodoros, at the short end of the range
  • A focus block for anyone who finds twenty-five minutes too big a commitment
  • A short nap, the length people pick to avoid waking up groggy
  • A fifteen-minute clear-down of one inbox or one surface before finishing for the day

As a pomodoro

The shortest standard long break. Fifteen minutes is the low end of the long break Cirillo puts after every fourth focus session, with thirty at the top.

Four 25-minute sessions with 5-minute breaks take 1 hour 55 minutes.

Open this as a pomodoro cycle

FAQ

Is fifteen minutes long enough for a pomodoro long break?

It is the shortest length the method allows, and it works when your day is tight. The point of the long break is to let attention recover rather than just to rest your eyes, so if you finish the fourth session feeling flat, take twenty-five or thirty instead.

Can I use fifteen minutes as a focus block?

Yes, and plenty of people do, especially anyone who stalls at the thought of a longer session. Short blocks make starting cheap. The trade-off is that work with a long warm-up, like writing or debugging, spends too much of a fifteen-minute block getting going.

How many fifteen-minute blocks fit in a working day?

Thirty-two in an eight-hour day on paper, and nothing like that in practice. Meetings, messages and the gaps between tasks eat most of them. Counting the blocks you actually complete, rather than the ones the calendar theoretically holds, is the useful exercise.