Wire Gauge Size Chart

American wire gauge (AWG) size calculator and chart.

Wire gauge calculator

Select gauge #:	— select AWG — 0000 000 00 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Or enter gauge #:		AWG
Select wire type:	Copper Aluminum Carbon steel Electrical steel Gold Nichrome Nickel Silver
Resistivity:		Ω·m
Diameter in inches:		in
Diameter in millimeters:		mm
Cross sectional area in kilo circular mils:		kcmil
Cross sectional area in square inches:		in2
Cross sectional area in square millimeters:		mm2
Resistance per 1000 feet*:		Ω/kft
Resistance per 1000 meters*:		Ω/km

* @ 68°F or 20°C

** Results may change with real wires: different resistivity of material and number of strands in wire

AWG chart

AWG #	Diameter (inch)	Diameter (mm)	Area (kcmil)	Area (mm2)
0000 (4/0)	0.4600	11.6840	211.6000	107.2193
000 (3/0)	0.4096	10.4049	167.8064	85.0288
00 (2/0)	0.3648	9.2658	133.0765	67.4309
0 (1/0)	0.3249	8.2515	105.5345	53.4751
1	0.2893	7.3481	83.6927	42.4077
2	0.2576	6.5437	66.3713	33.6308
3	0.2294	5.8273	52.6348	26.6705
4	0.2043	5.1894	41.7413	21.1506
5	0.1819	4.6213	33.1024	16.7732
6	0.1620	4.1154	26.2514	13.3018
7	0.1443	3.6649	20.8183	10.5488
8	0.1285	3.2636	16.5097	8.3656
9	0.1144	2.9064	13.0927	6.6342
10	0.1019	2.5882	10.3830	5.2612
11	0.0907	2.3048	8.2341	4.1723
12	0.0808	2.0525	6.5299	3.3088
13	0.0720	1.8278	5.1785	2.6240
14	0.0641	1.6277	4.1067	2.0809
15	0.0571	1.4495	3.2568	1.6502
16	0.0508	1.2908	2.5827	1.3087
17	0.0453	1.1495	2.0482	1.0378
18	0.0403	1.0237	1.6243	0.8230
19	0.0359	0.9116	1.2881	0.6527
20	0.0320	0.8118	1.0215	0.5176
21	0.0285	0.7229	0.8101	0.4105
22	0.0253	0.6438	0.6424	0.3255
23	0.0226	0.5733	0.5095	0.2582
24	0.0201	0.5106	0.4040	0.2047
25	0.0179	0.4547	0.3204	0.1624
26	0.0159	0.4049	0.2541	0.1288
27	0.0142	0.3606	0.2015	0.1021
28	0.0126	0.3211	0.1598	0.0810
29	0.0113	0.2859	0.1267	0.0642
30	0.0100	0.2546	0.1005	0.0509
31	0.0089	0.2268	0.0797	0.0404
32	0.0080	0.2019	0.0632	0.0320
33	0.0071	0.1798	0.0501	0.0254
34	0.0063	0.1601	0.0398	0.0201
35	0.0056	0.1426	0.0315	0.0160
36	0.0050	0.1270	0.0250	0.0127
37	0.0045	0.1131	0.0198	0.0100
38	0.0040	0.1007	0.0157	0.0080
39	0.0035	0.0897	0.0125	0.0063
40	0.0031	0.0799	0.0099	0.0050

Wire gauge calculations

Wire diameter calculations

The n gauge wire diameter d_n in inches (in) is equal to 0.005in times 92 raised to the power of 36 minus gauge number n, divided by 39:

d_{n (in)} = 0.005 in × 92^(36-n)/39

The n gauge wire diameter d_n in millimeters (mm) is equal to 0.127mm times 92 raised to the power of 36 minus gauge number n, divided by 39:

d_{n (mm)} = 0.127 mm × 92^(36-n)/39

Wire cross sectional area calculations

The n gauge wire’s cross sercional area A_n in kilo-circular mils (kcmil) is equal to 1000 times the square wire diameter d in inches (in):

A_{n (kcmil)} = 1000×d_n² = 0.025 in² × 92^(36-n)/19.5

The n gauge wire’s cross sercional area A_n in square inches (in²) is equal to pi divided by 4 times the square wire diameter d in inches (in):

A_{n (in}2₎ = (π/4)×d_n² = 0.000019635 in² × 92^(36-n)/19.5

The n gauge wire’s cross sercional area A_n in square millimeters (mm²) is equal to pi divided by 4 times the square wire diameter d in millimeters (mm):

A_{n (mm}2₎ = (π/4)×d_n² = 0.012668 mm² × 92^(36-n)/19.5

Wire resistance calculations

The n gauge wire resistance R in ohms per kilofeet (Ω/kft) is equal to 0.3048×1000000000 times the wire’s resistivity ρ in ohm-meters (Ω·m) divided by 25.4² times the cross sectional area A_n in square inches (in²):

R_{n (Ω/kft)} = 0.3048 × 10⁹ × ρ_(Ω·m) / (25.4² × A_{n (in}2₎)

The n gauge wire resistance R in ohms per kilometer (Ω/km) is equal to 1000000000 times the wire’s resistivity ρ in ohm-meters (Ω·m) divided by the cross sectional area A_n in square millimeters (mm²):

R_{n (Ω/km)} = 10⁹ × ρ_(Ω·m) / A_{n (mm}2₎

 

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