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Caffeine Half-Life Calculator

Plot how much caffeine is still in your system at bedtime, drink by drink

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Caffeine Half-Life Calculator

Plot how much caffeine is still in your system at bedtime, drink by drink

Your day

  • mg
  • mg
5 h

Around 5 hours for most adults — slower on some medication, faster for regular coffee drinkers.

Caffeine through the day

30 mg

Borderlinestill circulating at 23:00
  • Caffeine in your system
  • 50 mg sleep threshold
  • Drinks
At bedtime
30 mg
Peak load
104 mg
Total intake
158 mg
Drops below 50 mg
19:20

Estimates only, based on first-order decay from typical serving sizes. Not medical advice.

Caffeine leaves your body on a half-life of roughly five hours, which is why a 4pm espresso is still with you at midnight. Add each drink with its time and dose, set your bedtime, and the chart plots your caffeine load through the day — the peak, what is left when you go to bed, and the moment you drop below the 50 mg mark that still disturbs sleep for most people. Adjust the half-life if you metabolise caffeine faster or slower than average.

How to Use

  1. 1Add each drink from the presets, or type the milligrams directly
  2. 2Set the time of each drink and your bedtime
  3. 3Adjust the half-life slider if you know you clear caffeine faster or slower
  4. 4Read the curve, then download the card or copy the summary and link

Frequently Asked Questions