Convert calorie to kilojoule
1 cal = 0.004184 kJ
1 cal = 0.00418 kJ
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 0.004184 to go from calorie to kilojoule, 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? kilojoule to calorie — 1 kJ = 239.0057361 cal.
calorie to kilojoule — common values
| 1 cal | 0.004184 kJ |
| 2 cal | 0.008368 kJ |
| 3 cal | 0.012552 kJ |
| 5 cal | 0.02092 kJ |
| 10 cal | 0.04184 kJ |
| 15 cal | 0.06276 kJ |
| 20 cal | 0.08368 kJ |
| 25 cal | 0.1046 kJ |
| 50 cal | 0.2092 kJ |
| 75 cal | 0.3138 kJ |
| 100 cal | 0.4184 kJ |
| 250 cal | 1.046 kJ |
| 500 cal | 2.092 kJ |
| 1000 cal | 4.184 kJ |