Convert metric tonne to US short ton
1 t = 1.102311311 ton
sig figs
1 t = 1.1 ton
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 1.102311311 to go from metric tonne to US short ton, 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? US short ton to metric tonne: 1 ton = 0.90718474 t.
metric tonne to US short ton: common values
| 1 t | 1.1023113 ton |
| 2 t | 2.2046226 ton |
| 3 t | 3.3069339 ton |
| 5 t | 5.5115566 ton |
| 10 t | 11.023113 ton |
| 15 t | 16.53467 ton |
| 20 t | 22.046226 ton |
| 25 t | 27.557783 ton |
| 50 t | 55.115566 ton |
| 75 t | 82.673348 ton |
| 100 t | 110.23113 ton |
| 250 t | 275.57783 ton |
| 500 t | 551.15566 ton |
| 1000 t | 1,102.3113 ton |