Convert US short ton to metric tonne
1 ton = 0.90718474 t
sig figs
1 ton = 0.907 t
1 ton in every mass unit
| unified atomic mass unit (dalton) | 5.46e+29 u |
| picogram | 9.07e+17 pg |
| nanogram | 907,000,000,000,000 ng |
| microgram | 907,000,000,000 μg |
| milligram | 907,000,000 mg |
| centigram | 90,700,000 cg |
| grain | 14,000,000 gr |
| metric carat | 4,540,000 ct |
| gram | 907,000 g |
| pennyweight | 583,000 dwt |
| dram | 512,000 dr |
| ounce | 32,000 oz |
| troy ounce | 29,200 oz t |
| troy pound | 2,430 lb t |
| pound | 2,000 lb |
| kilogram | 907 kg |
| stone | 143 st |
| slug | 62.2 slug |
| US hundredweight | 20 cwt |
| UK long hundredweight | 17.9 cwt (UK) |
| quintal | 9.07 q |
| US short ton | 1 ton |
| metric tonne | 0.907 t |
| UK long ton | 0.893 long ton |
| kilotonne | 0.000907 kt |
| megatonne | 9.07e-07 Mt |
| gigatonne | 9.07e-10 Gt |
| Earth mass | 1.52e-22 Mearth |
| solar mass | 4.56e-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 0.90718474 to go from US short ton 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 US short ton: 1 t = 1.102311311 ton.
US short ton to metric tonne: common values
| 1 ton | 0.90718474 t |
| 2 ton | 1.8143695 t |
| 3 ton | 2.7215542 t |
| 5 ton | 4.5359237 t |
| 10 ton | 9.0718474 t |
| 15 ton | 13.607771 t |
| 20 ton | 18.143695 t |
| 25 ton | 22.679619 t |
| 50 ton | 45.359237 t |
| 75 ton | 68.038856 t |
| 100 ton | 90.718474 t |
| 250 ton | 226.79619 t |
| 500 ton | 453.59237 t |
| 1000 ton | 907.18474 t |