Convert horsepower (mechanical) to kilowatt
1 hp = 0.7456998716 kW
1 hp = 0.746 kW
1 hp in every power unit
| milliwatt | 746,000 mW |
| watt | 746 W |
| kilowatt | 0.746 kW |
| megawatt | 0.000746 MW |
| horsepower (mechanical) | 1 hp |
| BTU per hour | 2,540 BTU/h |
| ton of refrigeration | 0.212 ton |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.7456998716 to go from horsepower (mechanical) to kilowatt, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (W) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? kilowatt to horsepower (mechanical) — 1 kW = 1.34102209 hp.
horsepower (mechanical) to kilowatt — common values
| 1 hp | 0.74569987 kW |
| 2 hp | 1.4913997 kW |
| 3 hp | 2.2370996 kW |
| 5 hp | 3.7284994 kW |
| 10 hp | 7.4569987 kW |
| 15 hp | 11.185498 kW |
| 20 hp | 14.913997 kW |
| 25 hp | 18.642497 kW |
| 50 hp | 37.284994 kW |
| 75 hp | 55.92749 kW |
| 100 hp | 74.569987 kW |
| 250 hp | 186.42497 kW |
| 500 hp | 372.84994 kW |
| 1000 hp | 745.69987 kW |