Kilobytes (kB) to Megabytes (MB) Conversion
Kilobytes
The kilobyte (kB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,000 bytes in the SI decimal system. In the binary convention historically used by operating systems, 1,024 bytes was called a kilobyte — now formally named a kibibyte (KiB). Hard drive manufacturers use the decimal definition, while operating systems historically used binary values, making a "500 GB" drive appear as roughly 465 GB in Windows. Plain-text documents, small images, and configuration files are measured at the kilobyte scale.
Megabytes
The megabyte (MB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,000,000 bytes (10⁶ bytes) in the SI decimal definition, or 1,048,576 bytes in binary convention. A minute of CD-quality audio requires approximately 10 MB uncompressed; a typical JPEG photograph ranges from 2 to 8 MB; a standard definition video runs roughly 1 GB per hour. The megabyte was the dominant storage unit for personal computers throughout the 1980s and 1990s before the gigabyte became standard.
| Kilobytes (kB) | Megabytes (MB) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 kB | 0.0001 MB |
| 1 kB | 0.001 MB |
| 2 kB | 0.002 MB |
| 3 kB | 0.003 MB |
| 5 kB | 0.005 MB |
| 10 kB | 0.01 MB |
| 20 kB | 0.02 MB |
| 30 kB | 0.03 MB |
| 50 kB | 0.05 MB |
| 100 kB | 0.10 MB |
| 1000 kB | 1.00 MB |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How many megabytes are in 1 kilobytes?
1 kilobytes (kB) is exactly 0.001 megabytes (MB).
How do I convert kilobytes to megabytes?
Multiply the value in kilobytes by 0.001 to get the result in megabytes. Or use the converter above — type any number and see the result instantly.