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Imperial/American to Metric (Fahrenheit to Celsius/centigrade) conversions for length and area, air, body and oven temperatures, and US to UK to Euro clothing size conversion tables.
Length, Area, Weight, Volume Conversion
Length: Imperial/US to Metric
1 inch   2.54 centimetres (cm)
1 foot (ft) 12 inches (in) 0.3048 metre (m)
1 yard (yd) 3 ft 0.9144 m
1 mile 1,760 yd 1.60934 kilometres (km)
1 int nautical mile 2025.4 yd 1852 m
Length: Metric to Imperial/US
1 centimetre (cm) 10 millimetres (mm) 0.3937 in
1 m 100 cm  1.0936 yd / 3.38 ft / 39.37 in
1 kilometre (km) 1000 m 0.62137 mile / 5/8ths of a mile
Area: Imperial/US to Metric
1 in2 645.16 mm2
1 yd2 9 ft2 0.8361 m2 
1 acre 4,840 yd2 4046.86 m2 / 0.405 hectare
1 mile2 640 acres 2.590  km2 
Area: Metric to Imperial/US
1 cm2 100 mm2 0.1550  in2
1 metre2 square 10,000 cm2 1.1960 yd2
1 hectare (ha) 10,000 m2 2.471 acres
1 km2 100 ha 0.3861 mile2
Weight: Imperial/US to Metric Weight: Metric to Imperial
1 ounce 28.35 gram 1 gram 0.035 ounce
1 pound  453.59 gram 1 kilogram 2.2 pounds
Volume: Imperial/US to Metric Volume: Metric to Imperial
1 US pint 0.473 litres 1 litre 33.2 US / 35.2 Imperial fl ounces
1 Imperial pint 0.568 litres 1 litre 2.11 US / 1.76 Imperial pints
1 cup 0.237 litres 1 litre 4.228 cups
Donum and Square metres
A donum (also spelt: dunam, dunam, dönüm and dunum) is a unit of measure for land area. Used in several countries of the Middle East and the Balkans, the unit varies from country to country. 

Most common conversions for Cyprus are as follows: 1 Donum = 14,400 square feet and 1 Donum = 1,337.80 square metres.

The Cyprus Department of Lands and Surveys has an online Donum converter for conversions between donum, hectare, Square feet and square metres.

  • To convert from Hectares, Decares, Sq. Meters and Total Square Meters to Donums, EvLevcks and Square Feet: Click here
  • To convert from Donum, EvLevck and Square Feet to Hectares, Decares, Sq. Meters and Total Square Meters: Click here
Temperature & Energy Conversion
Temperature
Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius (degrees F - 32) x 0.555 degrees C
Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit (degrees C x 1.8) + 32 degrees F
Water Boils at 212° F 100° C
Normal body temperature 98.6° F 37° C
Water Freezes at 32° F 0° C
Room temperature 68° F 20° C
Air Temperatures: degrees Celsius (C) to degrees Fahrenheit (F)
0° C = 32° F 5° C = 41° F 10° C = 50° F 15° C = 59° F
20° C = 68° F 25° C = 77° F 30° C = 86° F 35° C = 95° F
Oven Temperatures
Gas Mark Celsius (C)  Fahrenheit (F)  Description
1/2 130 ° C  250 ° F  Very low 
1 140 ° C  275 ° F  Very low
2 150 ° C 300 ° F Low
3 170 ° C 325 ° F  Low
4 177 ° C 350 ° F Moderate
5 190 ° C 375 ° F Moderate
6 200 ° C 400 ° F  Moderately hot 
7 220 ° C  425 ° F  Hot 
8 230 ° C 450 ° F Hot 
9 245 ° C 475 ° F  Hot 
10 260 ° C 500 ° F  Extremely hot 
Simple conversion formula: to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit minus 2, times 2, plus 32.
  • Example 16C: 16-2=14 x2=28 +32=60F
  • Online temperature conversion from CalculateMe: Click here
Energy Units 
KWh (Kilowatt-hours) BTU ( British Thermal Unit)
1,000 kWh 3.41 million BTU
0.000293071 kWh 1 BTU
Several online converters help with complex energy conversions:
  • CalculateMe for energy conversions: Click here  
  • For KWh/BTU conversions see unitconversion.org: Click here
Clothing & Shoe Conversion
Women's suits and dresses
USA/American UK/British Euro
6 8 36
8 10 38
10 12 40
12 14 42
14 16 44
16 18 46
  • Website 85B provides an easy-to-use International Dress Size Calculator that accommodates US, UK, Euro, Italian, Japanese, Australian, New Zealand and other sizes: Click here
Women's Shoes
USA/American UK/British Euro
6 4.5 37
6.5 5 38
7.5 6 39
8 6.5 40
8.5 7 41
  • For an online women's shoe size converter: Click here
Bras
  • Website 85B provides an easy-to-use International Bra Size Calculator that accommodates US, UK, Euro, Italian, Japanese, Australian, New Zealand and other sizes: Click here
  • Website Breast Talk has clear, international bra size conversions: Click here
Men's Suits & Overcoats
USA/American UK/British Euro
36 36 46
38 38 48
40 40 50
42 42 52
44 44 54
Men's Trousers
USA/American UK/British Euro
28 28 71
30 30 76
32 32 81
34 34 87
36 36 92
38 38 97
40 40 102
42 42 107
44 44 112
Men's Shoes
USA/American UK/British Euro
8 7.5 41
8.5 8 42
9.5 9 43
10 9.5 44
  • For an online men's shoe size converter: Click here
Children's Clothes
USA/American UK/British (height in inches) Euro (height in cm)
4 43 109
6 48 122
8 55 140
10 58 147
12 60 147
14 62 157
  • For conversions of infant and child clothes and shoes from US to European standard sizes see website Kidstock: Click here

Euro children's shoe sizes are measured in centimetres; 1cm=1 size.  

  • For a printable measuring chart and converter for children's shoe size (from Bata Shoes): Click here (PDF)
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