Convert kilojoule to calorie
1 kJ = 239.0057361 cal
1 kJ = 239 cal
1 kJ in every energy unit
| joule | 1,000 J |
| kilojoule | 1 kJ |
| megajoule | 0.001 MJ |
| calorie | 239 cal |
| kilocalorie | 0.239 kcal |
| watt-hour | 0.278 Wh |
| kilowatt-hour | 0.000278 kWh |
| British thermal unit | 0.948 BTU |
| foot-pound | 738 ft⋅lb |
| electron volt | 6.24e+21 eV |
| kiloelectron volt | 6.24e+18 keV |
| megaelectron volt | 6.24e+15 MeV |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 239.0057361 to go from kilojoule 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 kilojoule — 1 cal = 0.004184 kJ.
kilojoule to calorie — common values
| 1 kJ | 239.00574 cal |
| 2 kJ | 478.01147 cal |
| 3 kJ | 717.01721 cal |
| 5 kJ | 1,195.0287 cal |
| 10 kJ | 2,390.0574 cal |
| 15 kJ | 3,585.086 cal |
| 20 kJ | 4,780.1147 cal |
| 25 kJ | 5,975.1434 cal |
| 50 kJ | 11,950.287 cal |
| 75 kJ | 17,925.43 cal |
| 100 kJ | 23,900.574 cal |
| 250 kJ | 59,751.434 cal |
| 500 kJ | 119,502.87 cal |
| 1000 kJ | 239,005.74 cal |