Convert Kilohertz to Megahertz
1 kilohertz is 0.001 MHz. One kilohertz is exactly 0.001 megahertz.
One kilohertz is 0.001 megahertz. To convert kilohertz to megahertz, multiply by 0.001; to go the other way, divide by 0.001 or multiply by 1000. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. A thousand hertz.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Kilohertz × 0.001
1 * 0.0010.001 MHz
1 kilohertz in every frequency unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| hertz | 1,000 Hz | × 1,000 |
| kilohertz (as entered) | 1 kHz | — |
| megahertz | 0.001 MHz | × 0.001 |
| gigahertz | 0.000001 GHz | × 0.000001 |
| terahertz | 0.000000001 THz | × 0.000000001 |
| revolutions per minute | 60,000 rpm | × 60,000 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Special Publication 811 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert kilohertz to megahertz? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in kilohertz.
- 2.Multiply by 0.001 — that is how many megahertz fit in one kilohertz.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.001, or multiply by 1000.
Worked example: 25 kilohertz to megahertz
- Formula
- kHz × 0.001 = MHz
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.001 = 0.03 MHz
- Answer
- 25 kHz = 0.03 MHz
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Kilohertz to megahertz conversion table
| Kilohertz | Megahertz |
|---|---|
| 1 kHz | 0.001 MHz |
| 2 kHz | 0.002 MHz |
| 3 kHz | 0.003 MHz |
| 4 kHz | 0.004 MHz |
| 5 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 6 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 7 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 8 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 9 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 10 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 12 kHz | 0.01 MHz |
| 15 kHz | 0.02 MHz |
| 20 kHz | 0.02 MHz |
| 25 kHz | 0.03 MHz |
| 50 kHz | 0.05 MHz |
| 100 kHz | 0.1 MHz |
| 200 kHz | 0.2 MHz |
| 300 kHz | 0.3 MHz |
| 500 kHz | 0.5 MHz |
| 1000 kHz | 1 MHz |
| 2000 kHz | 2 MHz |
| 5000 kHz | 5 MHz |
| 10000 kHz | 10 MHz |
What is a kilohertz?
A thousand hertz. AM radio is broadcast here — 540 to 1600 kHz — and audio sampling is quoted in it: a CD samples at 44.1 kHz.
What is a megahertz?
A million hertz. FM radio sits at 88 to 108 MHz, and a processor clock was quoted here until the late 1990s.
How many megahertz are in a kilohertz?
One kilohertz is 0.001 megahertz, exactly. Going the other way, one megahertz is 1000 kilohertz. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every frequency unit here
The whole group — 6 units with their symbols and the size of each one in hertzs — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a kilohertz.
Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — the hertz, and SI prefixes
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Questions people actually ask
- How many megahertz are in a kilohertz?
- 0.001. A million hertz. FM radio sits at 88 to 108 MHz, and a processor clock was quoted here until the late 1990s.
- How do I convert megahertz back to kilohertz?
- Divide by 0.001, or multiply by 1000 — they are the same operation.
Other frequency conversions
Megahertz to kilohertz — the same conversion the other way.