Micron Conversions

The micron is the older name for the micrometer (one millionth of a meter). It's still common in filtration, semiconductor manufacturing and particle sizes.

From

1 µ = 0.000001 m

Convert microns to other units

Each line shows how much 1 micron (µ) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.

Metric (SI)

Micron to Meter0.000001 m
Micron to Kilometer1 × 10⁻⁹ km
Micron to Hectometer1 × 10⁻⁸ hm
Micron to Dekameter1 × 10⁻⁷ dam
Micron to Decimeter0.00001 dm
Micron to Centimeter0.0001 cm
Micron to Millimeter0.001 mm
Micron to Micrometer1 µm
Micron to Nanometer1,000 nm
Micron to Angstrom10,000 Å
Micron to Picometer1,000,000 pm
Micron to Femtometer1,000,000,000 fm
Micron to Fermi1,000,000,000 fm
Micron to Attometer1,000,000,000,000 am
Micron to Megameter1 × 10⁻¹² Mm
Micron to Gigameter1 × 10⁻¹⁵ Gm
Micron to Terameter1 × 10⁻¹⁸ Tm
Micron to Petameter1 × 10⁻²¹ Pm
Micron to Exameter1 × 10⁻²⁴ Em

Imperial & US customary

Micron to Inch0.0000393701 in
Micron to Foot0.00000328084 ft
Micron to Yard0.00000109361 yd
Micron to Mile6.21371 × 10⁻¹⁰ mi
Micron to Kiloyard1.09361 × 10⁻⁹ kyd
Micron to Furlong4.97097 × 10⁻⁹ fur
Micron to Chain4.97097 × 10⁻⁸ ch
Micron to Rope1.64042 × 10⁻⁷ rope
Micron to Rod1.98839 × 10⁻⁷ rd
Micron to Perch1.98839 × 10⁻⁷ perch
Micron to Pole1.98839 × 10⁻⁷ pole
Micron to Fathom5.46807 × 10⁻⁷ ftm
Micron to Link0.00000497097 li
Micron to Hand0.00000984252 h
Micron to Mil0.0393701 mil
Micron to Microinch39.3701 µin

US survey units

Micron to Foot (US Survey)0.00000328083 ft (US)
Micron to Inch (US Survey)0.00003937 in (US)
Micron to Mile (US Survey)6.2137 × 10⁻¹⁰ mi (US)
Micron to Mile (Statute)6.2137 × 10⁻¹⁰ mi
Micron to League (Statute)2.07123 × 10⁻¹⁰ lea
Micron to Furlong (US Survey)4.97096 × 10⁻⁹ fur (US)
Micron to Chain (US Survey)4.97096 × 10⁻⁸ ch (US)
Micron to Rod (US Survey)1.98838 × 10⁻⁷ rd (US)
Micron to Link (US Survey)0.00000497096 li (US)
Micron to Fathom (US Survey)5.46806 × 10⁻⁷ ftm (US)

Nautical

Micron to Nautical Mile (international)5.39957 × 10⁻¹⁰ NM
Micron to Nautical Mile (UK)5.39612 × 10⁻¹⁰ NM (UK)
Micron to Nautical League (int.)1.79986 × 10⁻¹⁰ NL
Micron to Nautical League (UK)1.79871 × 10⁻¹⁰ NL (UK)

Astronomical

Micron to Astronomical Unit6.68459 × 10⁻¹⁸ au
Micron to Light Year1.057 × 10⁻²² ly
Micron to Parsec3.24078 × 10⁻²³ pc
Micron to Kiloparsec3.24078 × 10⁻²⁶ kpc
Micron to Megaparsec3.24078 × 10⁻²⁹ Mpc

Atomic & physics

Micron to A.u. of Length18,897.3 a₀
Micron to X-unit9,979,240 xu

Historical & cloth

Micron to Ell8.74891 × 10⁻⁷ ell
Micron to Cubit (UK)0.00000218723 cubit
Micron to Span (cloth)0.00000437445 span
Micron to Finger (cloth)0.00000874891 finger
Micron to Nail (cloth)0.0000174978 nail
Micron to Barleycorn0.00011811 barleycorn
Micron to League2.07124 × 10⁻¹⁰ lea
Micron to Arpent1.70877 × 10⁻⁸ arpent
Micron to Mile (Roman)6.75765 × 10⁻¹⁰ m.p.

Typography

Micron to Pica0.00023622 pc
Micron to Point0.00283465 pt
Micron to Twip0.0566929 twip