How Many Stones in a Kilogram?
0.1575 st
1 kilogram equals 0.1575 stone; it takes 6.35 kilograms to make 1 stone.
Exact: 1 st = 6.35029318 kg
Kilograms to Stones conversion chart
| Kilograms | Stones |
|---|---|
| 0.5 kg | 0.07874 |
| 1 kg | 0.1575 |
| 2 kg | 0.3149 |
| 3 kg | 0.4724 |
| 4 kg | 0.6299 |
| 5 kg | 0.7874 |
| 10 kg | 1.575 |
| 15 kg | 2.362 |
| 20 kg | 3.149 |
| 23 kg | 3.622 |
| 25 kg | 3.937 |
| 30 kg | 4.724 |
| 40 kg | 6.299 |
| 45 kg | 7.086 |
| 50 kg | 7.874 |
| 55 kg | 8.661 |
| 60 kg | 9.448 |
| 65 kg | 10.24 |
| 70 kg | 11.02 |
| 75 kg | 11.81 |
| 80 kg | 12.6 |
| 85 kg | 13.39 |
| 90 kg | 14.17 |
| 95 kg | 14.96 |
| 100 kg | 15.75 |
| 110 kg | 17.32 |
| 120 kg | 18.9 |
| 150 kg | 23.62 |
How to convert kilograms to stones
stone = kilograms ÷ 6.35029
Example: 70 kg ÷ 6.35029 = 11.02 st.
Divide the kilograms by 6.35029318, or multiply them by 0.1575. 58 kg is 9.133 st, and 95 kg is 14.96 st.
The divisor is exact because both units are fixed by definition. A stone is 14 pounds, and each pound is 0.45359237 kg, so the kilogram value of a stone needs no rounding at all.
Decimal stones are fine for a spreadsheet or a chart. To give the answer as stones plus pounds instead, use the steps in the next section.
How to get stones and pounds from kilograms
- Multiply the kilograms by 2.20462 to get pounds.
- Divide the pounds by 14. The whole number is the stones.
- Multiply those stones by 14 and subtract the result from the pounds. What remains is the pounds part.
Take 63 kg. Step one gives 138.9 pounds, and nine whole stone use up 126 pounds.
That leaves 12.9 lb, so 63 kg is 9 st 12.9 lb, or 9 st 13 lb to the nearest pound.
Where is the stone still used?
In Britain, for body weight. NIST Handbook 44 notes that the stone is in common use for body weight there, is not used in the United States, and is the only one of the old larger British weight units still in customary use.
The unit has a long history. The same source says an earlier stone appears to have been 16 pounds, and that until World War II American flour was sold by the barrel of 196 pounds, which is 14 stone.
Kilograms and stones: questions
How many kilograms are in a stone?
Exactly 6.35029318 kg. For quick math, 6.35 kg is close enough, so 10 st is about 63.5 kg and five stone come to 31.75 kg. The stones to kilograms converter does the full calculation.
How many pounds are in a stone?
There are 14 pounds in a stone. So 10 st is 140 pounds, and half a stone is 7 pounds. To turn stones and pounds into plain pounds, multiply the stones by 14 and add the extra pounds.
What is 100 kg in stone?
100 kg is 15.75 stone, which works out to 15 st 10.5 lb. In pounds alone, it is 220.5 lb, and fifteen whole stone account for 210 pounds of that.
What is 50 kg in stone?
50 kg is 7.874 stone. In pounds that is 110.2, and seven whole stone account for 98 pounds, so the weight reads 7 st 12.2 lb. Rounded to the nearest pound, that is 7 st 12 lb.
Is the stone used in the US?
No. NIST notes that the stone, common for body weight in Britain, is not used in the United States. A British weight of 11 st 4 lb would be given there as 158 pounds, since eleven stone make 154 pounds.
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Sources: Unit definitions: NIST Handbook 44 · Last reviewed · Report an error
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