Convert kibibytes to kilobytes

1 KiB = 1.024 kB — exactly. Both units are defined against the SI, so this factor is a fraction, not an approximation.

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✓ Exact 1 KiB = 1.024 kB

As a fraction: 128/125

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Significant digits 12 Round to Notation 1 KiB = 1.024 kB

Show this value in all 26 digital storage units

Bits b 8192
Nibbles nibble 2048
Bytes B 1024
Kilobits kb 8.192
Megabits Mb 0.008 192
Gigabits Gb 0.000 008 192
Terabits Tb 8.192e-9
Petabits Pb 8.192e-12
Exabits Eb 8.192e-15
Kilobytes kB 1.024
Megabytes MB 0.001 024
Gigabytes GB 0.000 001 024
Terabytes TB 1.024e-9
Petabytes PB 1.024e-12
Exabytes EB 1.024e-15
Kibibits Kib 8
Mebibits Mib 0.007 812 5
Gibibits Gib 0.000 007 629 394 531 25
Tebibits Tib 7.45058059692e-9
Kibibytes KiB 1
Mebibytes MiB 0.000 976 562 5
Gibibytes GiB 0.000 000 953 674 316 406
Tebibytes TiB 9.31322574615e-10
Pebibytes PiB 9.09494701773e-13
Exbibytes EiB 8.881784197e-16
Blocks block 2

Every row is Kibibyte (KiB) converted through the bit, in exact rational arithmetic.

How to convert kibibytes to kilobytes

Multiply the number of kibibytes by 1.024 to get kilobytes.

The exact factor is 1.024 — as a fraction, 128/125.

Kibibyte: 1024 bytes. What Windows calls a "KB" — which is why a 500 GB drive shows as 465 GB.

Kibibyte to Kilobyte conversion table

Kibibytes (KiB)	Kilobytes (kB)
1 KiB	1.024
2 KiB	2.048
3 KiB	3.072
5 KiB	5.12
10 KiB	10.24
20 KiB	20.48
25 KiB	25.6
50 KiB	51.2
100 KiB	102.4
250 KiB	256
500 KiB	512
1000 KiB	1024

Kilobyte to Kibibyte conversion table

Kilobytes (kB)	Kibibytes (KiB)
1 kB	0.976 562 5
2 kB	1.953 125
3 kB	2.929 687 5
5 kB	4.882 812 5
10 kB	9.765 625
20 kB	19.531 25
25 kB	24.414 063
50 kB	48.828 125
100 kB	97.656 25
250 kB	244.140 63
500 kB	488.281 25
1000 kB	976.5625

Frequently asked

How many kilobytes are in a kibibyte?

One kibibyte equals 1.024 kilobytes (KiB → kB). That figure is exact, not rounded.

How do you convert kibibytes to kilobytes?

Multiply the number of kibibytes by 1.024 to get kilobytes.

What is 1 kB in kibibytes?

One kilobyte is 0.9765625 kibibytes.

What is 10 KiB in kB?

10 KiB = 10.24 kB.

What exactly is a kibibyte?

1024 bytes. What Windows calls a "KB" — which is why a 500 GB drive shows as 465 GB.