Free printable blood pressure log

Three blood pressure log sheets you can print at home and bring to your next appointment. Free PDFs, no sign-up, no email.

Need it in Spanish? Use the Spanish blood pressure log (registro de presión arterial). Tracking glucose too? See the printable blood sugar log.

Which log sheet should I print?

• Monthly log: one page for a whole month, with a morning and an evening row for each day. Good for keeping an eye on your numbers over time.
• 7-day log, 2 readings each time: for a week of home readings, with room for two readings each morning and evening. Doctors often ask for a week like this, for example to compare home readings with readings at the clinic.
• Large print: bigger boxes and bigger text, one reading per row. Easier to fill in and to read.

How to fill in your log

Write down every reading, including ones that seem too high or too low. A log only helps your doctor if it is complete.

1. Date and time. Readings change through the day, so the time matters.
2. Top number (systolic) and bottom number (diastolic), in mmHg. Your monitor shows them as, for example, 128/82.
3. Pulse, in beats per minute, if your monitor shows it.
4. Notes: which arm you used, when you took your medicines, and anything unusual, such as feeling unwell, a poor night's sleep or a cup of coffee just before.

Tips for home readings

The American Heart Association gives this advice for readings at home:

• Use an automatic monitor with a cuff on the upper arm. Wrist and finger monitors are not recommended because they give less reliable readings.
• Don't smoke, drink caffeinated drinks or exercise within 30 minutes before. Empty your bladder.
• Sit quietly for at least 5 minutes first. Rest your arm on a flat surface so the cuff is at heart level. Put the cuff on bare skin, not over clothes.
• Take your readings at the same time each day.
• Each time, take two readings one minute apart and write both down.
• Take your monitor to your next appointment so your health care team can check it and how you use it.

If your doctor asked for a week of readings, the UK's NICE guideline describes this routine: two readings at least 1 minute apart, twice a day (ideally morning and evening), for at least 4 days and ideally 7. The readings from the first day are left out, and the rest are averaged. Our blood pressure average calculator does the sums for you.

What do the numbers mean?

See the blood pressure chart for the adult categories from the American Heart Association (2025) and the European Society of Cardiology (2024). One reading on its own is a snapshot; a log of readings over days and weeks gives a much fuller picture.

Questions

Sources

• American Heart Association. Monitoring your blood pressure at home. Last reviewed August 14, 2025.
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management (NG136), recommendation 1.2.7.

Updated November 3, 2026