Watt Hours to Calories Converter

Engineering

Joules, calories, kilowatt-hours and more.

How to convert Watt Hours to Calories

Multiply the watt hours value by 860.421: 1 Wh = 860.421 cal. Going the other way, 1 cal = 0.00116222 Wh, so divide by 860.421 or use the Calories to Watt Hours converter.

About these units

Watt Hours (Wh)

A watt-hour is the energy of one watt sustained for one hour, exactly 3,600 joules. Phone and laptop batteries are rated in watt-hours.

Calories (cal)

The calorie used here is the thermochemical calorie, exactly 4.184 joules, roughly the energy needed to warm one gram of water by one degree Celsius. Food calories are actually kilocalories.

Watt Hours to Calories conversion table

Watt Hours (Wh)Calories (cal)
1 Wh860.421 cal
2 Wh1,720.84 cal
3 Wh2,581.26 cal
4 Wh3,441.68 cal
5 Wh4,302.1 cal
10 Wh8,604.21 cal
20 Wh17,208.4 cal
25 Wh21,510.5 cal
50 Wh43,021 cal
100 Wh86,042.1 cal
500 Wh430,210 cal
1,000 Wh860,421 cal

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