Pounds per Square Inch to Kilopascals Converter
1 pound per square inch ≈ 6.89475729 kilopascals
1 pound per square inch equals 6.89476 kilopascals
How to convert pounds per square inch to kilopascals
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.
kPa = psi × 6.894757293One pound per square inch is 6.894757293 kilopascals, so a single multiplication converts any value.
68.9476 kPa ≈ 10 × 6.894757293Pounds per square inch to kilopascals conversion table
Common values in pounds per square inch, converted to kilopascals.
| Pounds per square inch (psi) | Kilopascals (kPa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6.8947573 |
| 2 | 13.789515 |
| 3 | 20.684272 |
| 4 | 27.579029 |
| 5 | 34.473786 |
| 10 | 68.947573 |
| 20 | 137.89515 |
| 25 | 172.36893 |
| 50 | 344.73786 |
| 100 | 689.47573 |
| 250 | 1,723.6893 |
| 500 | 3,447.3786 |
| 1,000 | 6,894.7573 |
About these units
pound per square inchpsi
One pound-force per square inch. The US standard for tyre and fluid pressure.
kilopascalkPa
One thousand pascals. The metric standard for tyre pressure.
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.