Horsepower (mechanical) to Kilowatt

1 hp = 0.74569987 kW

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Precision & format

Significant figures

Notation

1 hp equals

0.7456998716kW

All 14 units

WattW
745.6998716
KilowattkW
0.7456998716
MegawattMW
0.0007456998716
GigawattGW
7.456998716 × 10⁻⁷
MilliwattmW
745,699.8716
Horsepower (mechanical)hp
550 ft·lbf/s
1
Horsepower (metric)PS
75 kgf·m/s
1.013869665
Horsepower (electric)hp (E)
0.9995976831
Horsepower (boiler)hp (S)
0.07601813258
BTU per hourBTU/h
2,544.433578
Ton of refrigerationRT
12 000 BTU/h
0.2120361315
Foot-pound per secondft·lbf/s
550
Calorie per secondcal/s
178.2265467
Kilocalorie per hourkcal/h
641.6155683

Horsepower (mechanical) to Kilowatt table

Common Horsepower (mechanical) values converted to Kilowatt
Horsepower (mechanical) (hp)	Kilowatt (kW)
1	0.74569987
2	1.4913997
5	3.7284994
10	7.4569987
20	14.913997
50	37.284994
100	74.569987
250	186.42497
500	372.84994
1,000	745.69987

How the conversion works

Multiply the horsepower (mechanical) figure by 0.7456998716 to get kilowatt. Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for power, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 kW = 1.3410221 hp — see kilowatt to horsepower (mechanical).

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