kilowatt hour
kWh exact1 kWh = 3.6 MJ exactly.
Definition
- Dimension
- Energy
- Symbols
- kWh
- System
- SI
- Base factor
- ×3600000
- Exactness
- exact
Follows from an SI or definitional identity — no material assumption.
Also known as
kilowatt-hourkilowatt hourskilowatt-hourskwhkw hkw-h
Sources
Common conversions
for 1 kWh| joule | 3,600,000 | J | exact |
| kilojoule | 3,600 | kJ | exact |
| megajoule | 3.6 | MJ | exact |
| gigajoule | 0.0036 | GJ | exact |
| megawatt hour | 0.001 | MWh | exact |
| British thermal unit | 3,412.14 | BTU | standard definition |
| million British thermal units | 0.00341214 | MMBTU | standard definition |
| therm (US) | 0.0341214 | therm | standard definition |
| tonne of oil equivalent | 0.0000859845 | toe | standard definition |