Convert kilogram to metric tonne
1 kg = 0.001 t
sig figs
1 kg = 0.001 t
1 kg in every mass unit
| unified atomic mass unit (dalton) | 6.02e+26 u |
| picogram | 1,000,000,000,000,000 pg |
| nanogram | 1,000,000,000,000 ng |
| microgram | 1,000,000,000 μg |
| milligram | 1,000,000 mg |
| centigram | 100,000 cg |
| grain | 15,400 gr |
| metric carat | 5,000 ct |
| gram | 1,000 g |
| pennyweight | 643 dwt |
| dram | 564 dr |
| ounce | 35.3 oz |
| troy ounce | 32.2 oz t |
| troy pound | 2.68 lb t |
| pound | 2.2 lb |
| kilogram | 1 kg |
| stone | 0.157 st |
| slug | 0.0685 slug |
| US hundredweight | 0.022 cwt |
| UK long hundredweight | 0.0197 cwt (UK) |
| quintal | 0.01 q |
| US short ton | 0.0011 ton |
| metric tonne | 0.001 t |
| UK long ton | 0.000984 long ton |
| kilotonne | 0.000001 kt |
| megatonne | 1.00e-09 Mt |
| gigatonne | 1.00e-12 Gt |
| Earth mass | 1.67e-25 Mearth |
| solar mass | 5.03e-31 Msun |
Worth knowing
metric tonne: Three different tons are in circulation and they differ by up to 12 percent. The metric tonne is 1000 kg, the US short ton is 2000 lb (907.18474 kg), and the UK long ton is 2240 lb (1016.0469088 kg). Commodity prices, shipping quotes and emissions figures are frequently misconverted between them. Full definition →
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.001 to go from kilogram to metric tonne, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (kg) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? metric tonne to kilogram: 1 t = 1,000 kg.
kilogram to metric tonne: common values
| 1 kg | 0.001 t |
| 2 kg | 0.002 t |
| 3 kg | 0.003 t |
| 5 kg | 0.005 t |
| 10 kg | 0.01 t |
| 15 kg | 0.015 t |
| 20 kg | 0.02 t |
| 25 kg | 0.025 t |
| 50 kg | 0.05 t |
| 75 kg | 0.075 t |
| 100 kg | 0.1 t |
| 250 kg | 0.25 t |
| 500 kg | 0.5 t |
| 1000 kg | 1 t |