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Kilowatt-hours to Megawatt-hours Converter

Convert kilowatt-hours (kWh) to megawatt-hours (MWh), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

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Result
0.001 MWh
joules (watt-seconds)
3,600,000 J
kilojoules
3,600 kJ
megajoules
3.6 MJ
gigajoules
0.0036 GJ
calories (thermochemical)
860,420.650096 cal
kilocalories (food Calories)
860.420650096 kcal
megacalories
0.860420650096 Mcal
watt-hours
1,000 Wh
British thermal units (IT)
3,412.14163313 Btu
million Btu
0.00341214163313 MMBtu
therms (100,000 Btu)
0.0341214163313 thm
quads (10¹⁵ Btu)
3.41214163313 × 10⁻¹² quad
electronvolts
2.24694326681 × 10²⁵ eV
kiloelectronvolts
2.24694326681 × 10²² keV
megaelectronvolts
2.24694326681 × 10¹⁹ MeV

1 kWh = 0.001 MWh

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  1. 1 kWh = 0.001 MWh
  2. 1 × 0.001 = 0.001 MWh

How to convert kilowatt-hours to megawatt-hours

1 kWh = 0.001 MWh, so multiply by 0.001 to go from kilowatt-hours to megawatt-hours. Going the other way, 1 MWh = 1,000 kWh.

MWh = kWh × 0.001
kWh = MWh × 1,000

Worked example:

1 kWh = 0.001 MWh
5 × 0.001 = 0.005 MWh

Kilowatt-hours to megawatt-hours table

Kilowatt-hoursMegawatt-hours
1 kWh0.001 MWh
2 kWh0.002 MWh
3 kWh0.003 MWh
4 kWh0.004 MWh
5 kWh0.005 MWh
6 kWh0.006 MWh
7 kWh0.007 MWh
8 kWh0.008 MWh
9 kWh0.009 MWh
10 kWh0.01 MWh
15 kWh0.015 MWh
20 kWh0.02 MWh
25 kWh0.025 MWh
30 kWh0.03 MWh
40 kWh0.04 MWh
50 kWh0.05 MWh
75 kWh0.075 MWh
100 kWh0.1 MWh
250 kWh0.25 MWh
500 kWh0.5 MWh
1000 kWh1 MWh

About the units

Kilowatt-hours (kWh)
Kilowatt-hours, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (SI units, prefixes and units accepted for use with the SI).
Megawatt-hours (MWh)
Megawatt-hours, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (SI units, prefixes and units accepted for use with the SI).

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