Pica Conversions
The modern (PostScript) pica is one sixth of an inch (4.233 mm), or 12 points. It's used in typography and page layout for column widths and margins.
1 pc = 0.004233333333 m
Convert picas to other units
Each line shows how much 1 pica (pc) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.
Metric (SI)
- Pica to Meter0.00423333 m
- Pica to Kilometer0.00000423333 km
- Pica to Hectometer0.0000423333 hm
- Pica to Dekameter0.000423333 dam
- Pica to Decimeter0.0423333 dm
- Pica to Centimeter0.423333 cm
- Pica to Millimeter4.23333 mm
- Pica to Micrometer4,233.33 µm
- Pica to Micron4,233.33 µ
- Pica to Nanometer4,233,330 nm
- Pica to Angstrom42,333,300 Å
- Pica to Picometer4,233,330,000 pm
- Pica to Femtometer4,233,330,000,000 fm
- Pica to Fermi4,233,330,000,000 fm
- Pica to Attometer4.23333 × 10¹⁵ am
- Pica to Megameter4.23333 × 10⁻⁹ Mm
- Pica to Gigameter4.23333 × 10⁻¹² Gm
- Pica to Terameter4.23333 × 10⁻¹⁵ Tm
- Pica to Petameter4.23333 × 10⁻¹⁸ Pm
- Pica to Exameter4.23333 × 10⁻²¹ Em
Imperial & US customary
- Pica to Inch0.166667 in
- Pica to Foot0.0138889 ft
- Pica to Yard0.00462963 yd
- Pica to Mile0.00000263047 mi
- Pica to Kiloyard0.00000462963 kyd
- Pica to Furlong0.0000210438 fur
- Pica to Chain0.000210438 ch
- Pica to Rope0.000694444 rope
- Pica to Rod0.000841751 rd
- Pica to Perch0.000841751 perch
- Pica to Pole0.000841751 pole
- Pica to Fathom0.00231481 ftm
- Pica to Link0.0210438 li
- Pica to Hand0.0416667 h
- Pica to Mil166.667 mil
- Pica to Microinch166,667 µin
US survey units
- Pica to Foot (US Survey)0.0138889 ft (US)
- Pica to Inch (US Survey)0.166666 in (US)
- Pica to Mile (US Survey)0.00000263047 mi (US)
- Pica to Mile (Statute)0.00000263047 mi
- Pica to League (Statute)8.76822 × 10⁻⁷ lea
- Pica to Furlong (US Survey)0.0000210437 fur (US)
- Pica to Chain (US Survey)0.000210437 ch (US)
- Pica to Rod (US Survey)0.000841749 rd (US)
- Pica to Link (US Survey)0.0210437 li (US)
- Pica to Fathom (US Survey)0.00231481 ftm (US)
Nautical
- Pica to Nautical Mile (international)0.00000228582 NM
- Pica to Nautical Mile (UK)0.00000228436 NM (UK)
- Pica to Nautical League (int.)7.61939 × 10⁻⁷ NL
- Pica to Nautical League (UK)7.61452 × 10⁻⁷ NL (UK)
Astronomical
- Pica to Astronomical Unit2.82981 × 10⁻¹⁴ au
- Pica to Light Year4.47464 × 10⁻¹⁹ ly
- Pica to Parsec1.37193 × 10⁻¹⁹ pc
- Pica to Kiloparsec1.37193 × 10⁻²² kpc
- Pica to Megaparsec1.37193 × 10⁻²⁵ Mpc
Atomic & physics
- Pica to A.u. of Length79,998,400 a₀
- Pica to X-unit42,245,500,000 xu
Historical & cloth
- Pica to Ell0.0037037 ell
- Pica to Cubit (UK)0.00925926 cubit
- Pica to Span (cloth)0.0185185 span
- Pica to Finger (cloth)0.037037 finger
- Pica to Nail (cloth)0.0740741 nail
- Pica to Barleycorn0.5 barleycorn
- Pica to League8.76824 × 10⁻⁷ lea
- Pica to Arpent0.000072338 arpent
- Pica to Mile (Roman)0.00000286074 m.p.
Typography
- Pica to Point12 pt
- Pica to Twip240 twip
Convert other units to picas
- Meter to Pica
- Kilometer to Pica
- Hectometer to Pica
- Dekameter to Pica
- Decimeter to Pica
- Centimeter to Pica
- Millimeter to Pica
- Micrometer to Pica
- Micron to Pica
- Nanometer to Pica
- Angstrom to Pica
- Picometer to Pica
- Femtometer to Pica
- Fermi to Pica
- Attometer to Pica
- Megameter to Pica
- Gigameter to Pica
- Terameter to Pica
- Petameter to Pica
- Exameter to Pica
- Inch to Pica
- Foot to Pica
- Yard to Pica
- Mile to Pica
- Kiloyard to Pica
- Furlong to Pica
- Chain to Pica
- Rope to Pica
- Rod to Pica
- Perch to Pica
- Pole to Pica
- Fathom to Pica
- Ell to Pica
- Link to Pica
- Cubit (UK) to Pica
- Hand to Pica
- Span (cloth) to Pica
- Finger (cloth) to Pica
- Nail (cloth) to Pica
- Barleycorn to Pica
- Mil to Pica
- Microinch to Pica
- League to Pica
- Arpent to Pica
- Foot (US Survey) to Pica
- Inch (US Survey) to Pica
- Mile (US Survey) to Pica
- Mile (Statute) to Pica
- League (Statute) to Pica
- Furlong (US Survey) to Pica
- Chain (US Survey) to Pica
- Rod (US Survey) to Pica
- Link (US Survey) to Pica
- Fathom (US Survey) to Pica
- Nautical Mile (international) to Pica
- Nautical Mile (UK) to Pica
- Nautical League (int.) to Pica
- Nautical League (UK) to Pica
- Mile (Roman) to Pica
- Astronomical Unit to Pica
- Light Year to Pica
- Parsec to Pica
- Kiloparsec to Pica
- Megaparsec to Pica
- A.u. of Length to Pica
- X-unit to Pica
- Point to Pica
- Twip to Pica