Convert metric tonne to pound
1 t = 2,204.622622 lb
sig figs
1 t = 2,200 lb
1 t in every mass unit
| unified atomic mass unit (dalton) | 6.02e+29 u |
| picogram | 1.00e+18 pg |
| nanogram | 1.00e+15 ng |
| microgram | 1,000,000,000,000 μg |
| milligram | 1,000,000,000 mg |
| centigram | 100,000,000 cg |
| grain | 15,400,000 gr |
| metric carat | 5,000,000 ct |
| gram | 1,000,000 g |
| pennyweight | 643,000 dwt |
| dram | 564,000 dr |
| ounce | 35,300 oz |
| troy ounce | 32,200 oz t |
| troy pound | 2,680 lb t |
| pound | 2,200 lb |
| kilogram | 1,000 kg |
| stone | 157 st |
| slug | 68.5 slug |
| US hundredweight | 22 cwt |
| UK long hundredweight | 19.7 cwt (UK) |
| quintal | 10 q |
| US short ton | 1.1 ton |
| metric tonne | 1 t |
| UK long ton | 0.984 long ton |
| kilotonne | 0.001 kt |
| megatonne | 0.000001 Mt |
| gigatonne | 1.00e-09 Gt |
| Earth mass | 1.67e-22 Mearth |
| solar mass | 5.03e-28 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 2,204.622622 to go from metric tonne to pound, 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? pound to metric tonne: 1 lb = 0.00045359237 t.
metric tonne to pound: common values
| 1 t | 2,204.6226 lb |
| 2 t | 4,409.2452 lb |
| 3 t | 6,613.8679 lb |
| 5 t | 11,023.113 lb |
| 10 t | 22,046.226 lb |
| 15 t | 33,069.339 lb |
| 20 t | 44,092.452 lb |
| 25 t | 55,115.566 lb |
| 50 t | 110,231.13 lb |
| 75 t | 165,346.7 lb |
| 100 t | 220,462.26 lb |
| 250 t | 551,155.66 lb |
| 500 t | 1,102,311.3 lb |
| 1000 t | 2,204,622.6 lb |