About the Watering Calculator
Water needed for a garden or lawn, per session and per week.
Also known as: garden watering calculator, how much to water plants, irrigation amount, watering schedule.
How to use this calculator
- Enter area, planting, watering sessions per week, rainfall this week and the other fields.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
litres = area × millimetres needed (1 mm over 1 m² = 1 litre)
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Area = 50 m²
- Planting: Lawn (25 mm a week)
- Watering sessions per week = 2
- Rainfall this week = 5 mm
- Hose flow rate = 12 L/min
the calculator returns:
- Water per week: 1,000 litres
- Per session: 500 litres
- Watering time per session: 41.7 minutes
- Depth to apply: 20 mm