{
  "id": "kg-to-stone",
  "version": "e4675d9d0bb0",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Kg to Stone Converter",
  "question": "How to convert kg to stone?",
  "summary": "Converts kilograms (kg) to stone (st) and back, with the exact unit definitions.",
  "category": "convert",
  "subcategory": "weight",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/convert/kg-to-stone",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/convert/kg-to-stone.md",
  "kind": "formulas",
  "method": "st = kg × 0.157473044418 (the same as kg ÷ 6.35029318)",
  "assumptions": [
    "1 kilogram = 0.157473044418 stone, from the exact definitions in NIST SP 811.",
    "Exact on the typed decimals: at most 6 decimal places (6 significant digits below 0.0001), rounded half up.",
    "Stone and pounds use the box you typed; pounds round half up to 0.01, and 14.00 carries."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "value": {
        "title": "Kilograms (kg)",
        "description": "The amount in kilograms to convert.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000000000
      },
      "result": {
        "title": "Stone (st)",
        "description": "The same amount in stone.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 157473044417.7697
      }
    }
  },
  "solve": {
    "fillAny": 1,
    "variables": [
      "value",
      "result"
    ],
    "inputsOnly": []
  },
  "outputs": {
    "value": {
      "label": "Kilograms (kg)",
      "description": "The amount in kilograms to convert.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "result": {
      "label": "Stone (st)",
      "description": "The amount in stone.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "hm": {
      "label": "Stone and pounds",
      "description": "Whole stone and the pounds left over, to 0.01 lb.",
      "format": "text"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "value": 1
    },
    "outputs": {
      "result": 0.15747304441776971,
      "hm": "0 st 2.2 lb"
    },
    "text": "1 kg = 0.157473 st (0 st 2.2 lb)."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "value": 1
      },
      "expect": {
        "result": 0.15747304441776971
      },
      "source": "exact unit definitions in NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "value": 63.5029318
      },
      "expect": {
        "result": 10
      },
      "source": "exact unit definitions in NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "result": 10
      },
      "expect": {
        "value": 63.5029318
      },
      "source": "exact unit definitions in NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "NIST SP 811 (2008), Guide for the Use of the International System of Units, Table 5 (SI prefixes) and Appendix B.8 (factors for units listed alphabetically), retrieved 2026-10-05. https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811",
    "NIST Handbook 44 (2026), Appendix C, General Tables of Units of Measurement: British avoirdupois units, 14 pounds = 1 stone, retrieved 2026-10-05. https://www.nist.gov/document/2026-nist-handbook-44-appendix-c"
  ],
  "related": [
    "stone-to-kg",
    "kg-to-lbs",
    "lbs-to-kg",
    "grams-to-kg",
    "kg-to-grams"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}