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calorie to kilowatt-hour

Live calorie (cal) to kilowatt-hour (kWh) converter. Plus a 10-value reference table and FAQs.

From cal

calorie

To kWh

kilowatt-hour

1 cal = 1.16e-6kWh

Conversion table

Ten sample values from calorie to kilowatt-hour. Use the converter above for arbitrary values.

calorie (cal)	→	kilowatt-hour (kWh)
0.001 cal	→	1.1622e-9 kWh
0.01 cal	→	1.1622e-8 kWh
0.1 cal	→	1.1622e-7 kWh
0.5 cal	→	5.8111e-7 kWh
1 cal	→	1.1622e-6 kWh
2 cal	→	2.3244e-6 kWh
5 cal	→	5.8111e-6 kWh
10 cal	→	1.1622e-5 kWh
100 cal	→	0.000116 kWh
1,000 cal	→	0.001162 kWh

About the calorie

4.184 J. The energy to heat 1 g water by 1 °C.

About the kilowatt-hour

1000 Wh. Electricity bills.

How calorie to kilowatt-hour conversion works

Both units belong to Energy. Unitbox first expresses the input in the category reference unit (J), then expresses that same quantity in kilowatt-hour.

The right unit depends on the convention used by your industry, country, instrument, or source document.

Reference value1 cal = 1.162222e-6 kWh

CalculationBrowser-side, using Unitbox's shared unit data

Review noteFor safety-critical work, verify against the governing standard or instrument manual.

Unit definitions and conversion factors are maintained in the Unitbox methodology. Last reviewed with the current conversion dataset.