Schedule Trigger in n8n

From the n8n cheat sheet · Triggers · verified Jul 2026

Schedule Trigger

Cron-based workflow scheduling

bash
# Common Schedules
Every 5 minutes: */5 * * * *
Hourly at :00:    0 * * * *
Daily at 9 AM:    0 9 * * *
Weekdays 9 AM:    0 9 * * 1-5
Monthly 1st:      0 0 1 * *

# Cron Format
* * * * *
│ │ │ │ └─ Day of Week (0-7, Sun=0 or 7)
│ │ │ └─── Month (1-12)
│ │ └───── Day of Month (1-31)
│ └─────── Hour (0-23)
└───────── Minute (0-59)
💡 Use crontab.guru to generate cron expressions
⚡ Timezone: workflow setting > instance setting
📌 Weekdays = 1-5, Sunday = 0 or 7
🎯 Add random delay to avoid thundering herd

More n8n tasks

Back to the full n8n cheat sheet