Weight Converter

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Converted Value2.204623

Metric and imperial mass without the guesswork

Convert kilograms to pounds, grams to ounces and milligrams to grams using exact factors. Useful for parcels, luggage limits, recipes and gym plates.

Kilograms and pounds meet constantly: airline luggage allowances, shipping labels, barbell plates, American recipes. Getting the factor slightly wrong is what turns a 23 kg bag into an excess-baggage fee.

One kilogram is 2.2046226 pounds. The commonly quoted 2.2 is close, but on a 23 kg allowance it under-reports by more than a pound.

What this calculator shows

The converted mass, live as you type
Milligrams through kilograms next to ounces and pounds
Precision fine enough for postage brackets and recipe measurements

What to keep in mind

Uses the international avoirdupois pound: 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg exactly.
Troy ounces used for precious metals are heavier than the ounces here and are not included.

FAQs

How many pounds is 70 kg?

154.32 lbs. If you use the shortcut 2.2, you would get 154 — close, but the gap widens with heavier weights.

How many grams are in an ounce?

28.3495 g. Recipes usually round to 28 g, which is fine for flour and not fine for yeast or spices in large batches.

Is a stone included?

Not in the picker, but the arithmetic is easy: one stone is 14 lbs, so 11 stone is 154 lbs, or about 69.9 kg.

Why does my kitchen scale disagree slightly?

Most consumer scales round to the nearest gram or 5 g and drift a little with battery level. The conversion is exact; the measurement underneath it usually is not.

Worked example

Airline luggage allowance

Input: 23 kilograms → pounds

Output: 50.71 lbs

Note: This is why the standard checked-bag limit appears as 23 kg in Europe and 50 lbs in the US — they are the same allowance, rounded differently.

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