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kilojoule to British thermal unit

Live kilojoule (kJ) to British thermal unit (BTU) converter. Plus a 10-value reference table and FAQs.

From kJ

kilojoule

To BTU

British thermal unit

1 kJ = 0.9478BTU

Conversion table

Ten sample values from kilojoule to British thermal unit. Use the converter above for arbitrary values.

kilojoule (kJ)	→	British thermal unit (BTU)
0.001 kJ	→	0.000948 BTU
0.01 kJ	→	0.009478 BTU
0.1 kJ	→	0.094782 BTU
0.5 kJ	→	0.473909 BTU
1 kJ	→	0.947817 BTU
2 kJ	→	1.895634 BTU
5 kJ	→	4.739086 BTU
10 kJ	→	9.478171 BTU
100 kJ	→	94.781712 BTU
1,000 kJ	→	947.81712 BTU

About the kilojoule

1000 J. Food labels in some countries.

About the British thermal unit

≈ 1055 J. HVAC in the US.

How kilojoule to British thermal unit conversion works

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

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

Reference value1 kJ = 0.94781712 BTU

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.