Convert kilowatt to horsepower (mechanical)
1 kW = 1.34102209 hp
1 kW = 1.34 hp
1 kW in every power unit
| milliwatt | 1,000,000 mW |
| watt | 1,000 W |
| kilowatt | 1 kW |
| megawatt | 0.001 MW |
| horsepower (mechanical) | 1.34 hp |
| BTU per hour | 3,410 BTU/h |
| ton of refrigeration | 0.284 ton |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 1.34102209 to go from kilowatt to horsepower (mechanical), 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? horsepower (mechanical) to kilowatt — 1 hp = 0.7456998716 kW.
kilowatt to horsepower (mechanical) — common values
| 1 kW | 1.3410221 hp |
| 2 kW | 2.6820442 hp |
| 3 kW | 4.0230663 hp |
| 5 kW | 6.7051104 hp |
| 10 kW | 13.410221 hp |
| 15 kW | 20.115331 hp |
| 20 kW | 26.820442 hp |
| 25 kW | 33.525552 hp |
| 50 kW | 67.051104 hp |
| 75 kW | 100.57666 hp |
| 100 kW | 134.10221 hp |
| 250 kW | 335.25552 hp |
| 500 kW | 670.51104 hp |
| 1000 kW | 1,341.0221 hp |