Convert calorie to kilocalorie
1 cal = 0.001 kcal
1 cal = 0.001 kcal
1 cal in every energy unit
| joule | 4.18 J |
| kilojoule | 0.00418 kJ |
| megajoule | 0.00000418 MJ |
| calorie | 1 cal |
| kilocalorie | 0.001 kcal |
| watt-hour | 0.00116 Wh |
| kilowatt-hour | 0.00000116 kWh |
| British thermal unit | 0.00397 BTU |
| foot-pound | 3.09 ft⋅lb |
| electron volt | 2.61e+19 eV |
| kiloelectron volt | 2.61e+16 keV |
| megaelectron volt | 26,100,000,000,000 MeV |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.001 to go from calorie to kilocalorie, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (J) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? kilocalorie to calorie — 1 kcal = 1,000 cal.
calorie to kilocalorie — common values
| 1 cal | 0.001 kcal |
| 2 cal | 0.002 kcal |
| 3 cal | 0.003 kcal |
| 5 cal | 0.005 kcal |
| 10 cal | 0.01 kcal |
| 15 cal | 0.015 kcal |
| 20 cal | 0.02 kcal |
| 25 cal | 0.025 kcal |
| 50 cal | 0.05 kcal |
| 75 cal | 0.075 kcal |
| 100 cal | 0.1 kcal |
| 250 cal | 0.25 kcal |
| 500 cal | 0.5 kcal |
| 1000 cal | 1 kcal |