Convert kilocalorie to calorie
1 kcal = 1,000 cal
1 kcal = 1,000 cal
1 kcal in every energy unit
| joule | 4,180 J |
| kilojoule | 4.18 kJ |
| megajoule | 0.00418 MJ |
| calorie | 1,000 cal |
| kilocalorie | 1 kcal |
| watt-hour | 1.16 Wh |
| kilowatt-hour | 0.00116 kWh |
| British thermal unit | 3.97 BTU |
| foot-pound | 3,090 ft⋅lb |
| electron volt | 2.61e+22 eV |
| kiloelectron volt | 2.61e+19 keV |
| megaelectron volt | 2.61e+16 MeV |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 1,000 to go from kilocalorie to calorie, 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? calorie to kilocalorie — 1 cal = 0.001 kcal.
kilocalorie to calorie — common values
| 1 kcal | 1,000 cal |
| 2 kcal | 2,000 cal |
| 3 kcal | 3,000 cal |
| 5 kcal | 5,000 cal |
| 10 kcal | 10,000 cal |
| 15 kcal | 15,000 cal |
| 20 kcal | 20,000 cal |
| 25 kcal | 25,000 cal |
| 50 kcal | 50,000 cal |
| 75 kcal | 75,000 cal |
| 100 kcal | 100,000 cal |
| 250 kcal | 250,000 cal |
| 500 kcal | 500,000 cal |
| 1000 kcal | 1,000,000 cal |