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This page features tables for converting between metric system units and corresponding English
units commonly used in the United States. Here you will find convenient conversion tables for
length, area, volume, weight, pressure, energy, and temperature units. Conversion table
calculations show approximately three (3) significant figures.
Length Conversion
Metric length units include the meter, the kilometer (1,000 meters), the decimeter (0.1 meters),
the centimeter (0.01 meters), the millimeter (0.001 meters), the micron (0.000001 meters), the
nanometer (0.000000001 or 1e-9 meters), and the angstrom (0.0000000001 or 1e-10 meters).
British and American length units include the foot, the yard (3 feet), the furlong (660 feet), the
mile (5,280 feet), the league (15,840 feet), and the inch (1/12th foot).
Area Conversion
Metric area units include the are and the hectare (100 ares). One square kilometer is equivalent
to 100 hectares.
The area unit commonly used in the USA is the acre (4840 square yards). One square mile is
equivalent to 640 acres.
Area Conversion Table
Metric Units English Units
Square Square Square
Hectares Ares Acres
Kilometers Yards Miles
1 100 10,000 1,196,000 247.1 000.386
0.01 1 100 11,960 2.471 0.00386
0.0001 0.01 1 119.6 0.02471 0.0000386
8.361e-7 0.00008361 0.008361 1 0.0002066 3.228e-7
0.004047 0.4047 40.47 4,840 1 0.0015625
2.59 259 25,900 3,097,600 640 1
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Area Unit Conversion Calculator
Square Square Square
Hectares Ares Acres
Kilometers Yards Miles
Volume Conversion
Metric volume units include the liter, the decaliter (10 liters),
the hectoliter (100 liters), the deciliter (0.1 liters), the centiliter
(0.01 liters), the milliliter (0.001 liters), and the microliter
(0.000001 liters. A liter is equivalent to 1 cubic decimeter.
Liquid measure units commonly used in the USA include the fluid ounce, the pint (16 fluid
ounces), the quart (32 fluid ounces), the gallon (128 fluid ounces), and the petroleum barrel
(5376 fluid ounces). A gallon is equivalent to 231 cubic inches.
Dry measure units commonly used in the USA include the bushel, the peck (0.25 bushels), the
gallon (0.125 bushels), the quart (0.03125 bushels), the pint (0.01562 bushels), and the gill
(0.003906 bushels). A bushel is equivalent to 2150 cubic inches.
Weight Conversion
Metric weight units include the gram, the kilogram (1,000 grams), the tonne (1,000,000 grams),
the carat (0.2 grams), the centigram (0.01 grams), the milligram (0.001 grams), and the
microgram (0.000001 grams).
Avoirdupois weight units commonly used in the USA include the pound, the stone (14 pounds),
the short hundredweight (100 pounds), the short ton (2,000 pounds), the ounce (1/16th pound),
the dram (1/256th pound), and the grain (1/7000th pound).
Metric "weight" units are, more correctly, known as "mass" units. See also Metric Mass Unit
Conversions.
Pressure Conversion
Metric pressure units include the bar, the millibar (0.001 bars), and the pascal (0.00001 bars).
One bar is equivalent to 10,200 kilograms per square meter.
The pressure units commonly used in the USA include the inch of mercury and the atmosphere
(29.92 inches of mercury). One atmosphere is equivalent to 14.7 pounds per square inch.
Energy Conversion
Metric energy units include the joule, the kilojoule (1000 joules), and the megajoule (1000000
joules).
The energy units commonly used in the USA include the calorie and the British Thermal Unit
(BTU). A calorie is commonly defined as the amount of heat energy required to raise the
temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. However, the energy needed for this
task depends on the water's starting temperature. The thermochemical calorie is defined as
exactly 4.184 joules, but several other, slightly different definitions exist as well. One calorie is
equivalent to 3.088 foot-pounds; one BTU is equivalent to 252 calories. Using this latter
definition, one calorie is equal to 4.187 joules.
Temperature Conversion
Metric temperature units include degrees Celsius and degrees Kelvin (degrees Celsius plus
273.1). At sea level, the freezing temperature of water is 0 degrees Celsius and the boiling point
of water is 100 degrees Celsius.
The temperature unit commonly used in the USA is Fahrenheit. At sea level, the freezing
temperature of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit and the boiling point of water is 212 degrees
Fahrenheit.