Bars to Inches of Mercury Converter
1 bar ≈ 29.5299805 inches of mercury
1 bar equals 29.53 inches of mercury
How to convert bars to inches of mercury
Unit conversion preserves the pressure reference. Gauge pressure and absolute pressure are different readings; changing between them also needs the ambient pressure. Mercury and water-column units use the conventions stated in their unit notes.
inHg = bar × 29.52998051One bar is 29.52998051 inches of mercury, so a single multiplication converts any value.
295.3 inHg ≈ 10 × 29.52998051Bars to inches of mercury conversion table
Common values in bars, converted to inches of mercury.
| Bars (bar) | Inches of mercury (inHg) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29.529981 |
| 2 | 59.059961 |
| 3 | 88.589942 |
| 4 | 118.11992 |
| 5 | 147.6499 |
| 10 | 295.29981 |
| 20 | 590.59961 |
| 25 | 738.24951 |
| 50 | 1,476.499 |
| 100 | 2,952.9981 |
| 250 | 7,382.4951 |
| 500 | 14,764.99 |
| 1,000 | 29,529.981 |
About these units
barbar
Exactly 100,000 pascals, close to average atmospheric pressure at sea level.
inch of mercuryinHg
Exactly 25.4 mmHg. The US aviation and weather-report pressure unit.
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.