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Convert Kilopascals to Inches of mercury

1 kilopascal is 0.2953 inHg. One kilopascal is exactly 0.295299801647 inches of mercury.

One kilopascal is 0.2952998 inches of mercury. To convert kilopascals to inches of mercury, multiply by 0.2952998; to go the other way, divide by 0.2952998 or multiply by 3.386389. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. A thousand pascals, and the unit metric tyre placards and weather stations use.

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Inches of mercury
0.2953 inHg
Kilopascals × 0.2952998
value * 0.2952998016470.295 inHg

1 kilopascal in every pressure unit

UnitValueExact factor
pounds per square inch0.1450377377 psi× 0.14503773773
bars0.01 bar× 0.01
pascals1,000 Pa× 1,000
kilopascals (as entered)1 kPa
megapascals0.001 MPa× 0.001
atmospheres0.009869232667 atm× 0.00986923266716
torr7.500616827 Torr× 7.50061682704
inches of mercury0.2952998016 inHg× 0.295299801647

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 kilopascals to inches of mercury?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in kilopascals.
  2. 2.Multiply by 0.2952998 — that is how many inches of mercury fit in one kilopascal.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.2952998, or multiply by 3.386389.

Worked example: 25 kilopascals to inches of mercury

Formula
kPa × 0.2952998 = inHg
Arithmetic
25 × 0.2952998 = 7.382495 inHg
Answer
25 kPa = 7.382495 inHg

The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.

Kilopascals to inches of mercury conversion table

KilopascalsInches of mercury
1 kPa0.2953 inHg
2 kPa0.5906 inHg
3 kPa0.885899 inHg
4 kPa1.181199 inHg
5 kPa1.476499 inHg
6 kPa1.771799 inHg
7 kPa2.067099 inHg
8 kPa2.362398 inHg
9 kPa2.657698 inHg
10 kPa2.952998 inHg
12 kPa3.543598 inHg
15 kPa4.429497 inHg
20 kPa5.905996 inHg
25 kPa7.382495 inHg
50 kPa14.76499 inHg
100 kPa29.52998 inHg
200 kPa59.05996 inHg
300 kPa88.58994 inHg
500 kPa147.649901 inHg
1000 kPa295.299802 inHg
2000 kPa590.599603 inHg
5000 kPa1,476.499008 inHg
10000 kPa2,952.998016 inHg

What is a kilopascal?

A thousand pascals, and the unit metric tyre placards and weather stations use. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 101 kPa.

What is an inch of mercury?

The pressure of a one-inch column of mercury at 0 °C, fixed by convention at 3,386.389 pascals. US aviation altimeters and barometers read in it.

How many inches of mercury are in a kilopascal?

One kilopascal is 0.2952998 inches of mercury. Going the other way, one inch of mercury is 3.386389 kilopascals. 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 pressure unit here

UnitSymbolOne of these is
Pounds per square inchpsi6894.7573 pascal
Barsbar100000 pascal
PascalsPathe base unit
KilopascalskPa1000 pascal
MegapascalsMPa1000000 pascal
Atmospheresatm101325 pascal
TorrTorr133.32237 pascal
Inches of mercuryinHg3386.389 pascal

Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — pound-force is exactly 4.4482216152605 N and the inch exactly 0.0254 m

Questions people actually ask

How many inches of mercury are in a kilopascal?
0.2952998. The pressure of a one-inch column of mercury at 0 °C, fixed by convention at 3,386.389 pascals. US aviation altimeters and barometers read in it.
How do I convert inches of mercury back to kilopascals?
Divide by 0.2952998, or multiply by 3.386389 — they are the same operation.

Other pressure conversions

Inches of mercury to kilopascals — the same conversion the other way.