Kilowatt-hour to Megajoule

1 kWh = 3.6 MJ

Value

From

Precision & format

Significant figures

Notation

1 kWh equals

3.6MJ

All 21 units

JouleJ
3,600,000
KilojoulekJ
3,600
MegajouleMJ
3.6
GigajouleGJ
0.0036
MillijoulemJ
3,600,000,000
Calorie (thermochemical)cal
exactly 4.184 J
860,420.6501
Kilocalorie (thermochemical)kcal
food Calorie
860.4206501
Calorie (IT)cal (IT)
International Table
859,845.2279
Kilocalorie (IT)kcal (IT)
859.8452279
Watt-hourWh
1,000
Kilowatt-hourkWh
1
Megawatt-hourMWh
0.001
BTU (IT)BTU
International Table
3,412.141633
BTU (thermochemical)BTU (th)
3,414.425093
Therm (US)thm
100 000 BTU
0.03412956341
Foot-poundft·lbf
2,655,223.737
Ergerg
36,000,000,000,000
ElectronvolteV
2.246943267 × 10²⁵
KiloelectronvoltkeV
2.246943267 × 10²²
MegaelectronvoltMeV
2.246943267 × 10¹⁹
Tonne of oil equivalenttoe
0.00008598452279

Kilowatt-hour to Megajoule table

Common Kilowatt-hour values converted to Megajoule
Kilowatt-hour (kWh)	Megajoule (MJ)
1	3.6
2	7.2
5	18
10	36
20	72
50	180
100	360
250	900
500	1,800
1,000	3,600

How the conversion works

Multiply the kilowatt-hour figure by 3.6 to get megajoule. Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for energy, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 MJ = 0.27777778 kWh — see megajoule to kilowatt-hour.

See all 21 energy units →