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Convert Megabytes to Gigabytes

1 megabyte is 0.001 GB. One megabyte is exactly 0.001 gigabytes.

One megabyte is 0.001 gigabytes. To convert megabytes to gigabytes, 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 IEC 80000-13. Exactly one million bytes.

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Gigabytes
0.001 GB
Megabytes × 0.001
value * 0.0010.001 GB

1 megabyte in every data unit

UnitValueExact factor
bytes1,000,000 B× 1,000,000
kilobytes1,000 kB× 1,000
megabytes (as entered)1 MB
gigabytes0.001 GB× 0.001
terabytes0.000001 TB× 0.000001
kibibytes976.5625 KiB× 976.5625
mebibytes0.9536743164 MiB× 0.953674316406
gibibytes0.0009313225746 GiB× 0.000931322574615

Factors are entered by hand from IEC 80000-13 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert megabytes to gigabytes?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in megabytes.
  2. 2.Multiply by 0.001 — that is how many gigabytes fit in one megabyte.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.001, or multiply by 1000.

Megabytes to gigabytes conversion table

MegabytesGigabytes
1 MB0.001 GB
2 MB0.002 GB
3 MB0.003 GB
4 MB0.004 GB
5 MB0.005 GB
6 MB0.006 GB
7 MB0.007 GB
8 MB0.008 GB
9 MB0.009 GB
10 MB0.01 GB
12 MB0.012 GB
15 MB0.015 GB
20 MB0.02 GB
25 MB0.025 GB
50 MB0.05 GB
100 MB0.1 GB

What are megabytes and gigabytes?

Megabyte (MB)
Exactly one million bytes. A file manager showing a smaller number for the same file is counting in mebibytes.
Gigabyte (GB)
Exactly one billion bytes. This is why a "1 TB" drive shows as roughly 931 GB in Windows: the drive is sold in decimal and displayed in binary.

Source: IEC 80000-13 — binary prefixes for information quantities

Questions people actually ask

How many gigabytes are in a megabyte?
0.001. Exactly one billion bytes. This is why a "1 TB" drive shows as roughly 931 GB in Windows: the drive is sold in decimal and displayed in binary.
How do I convert gigabytes back to megabytes?
Divide by 0.001, or multiply by 1000 — they are the same operation.

Other data conversions

Gigabytes to megabytes — the same conversion the other way.