Atmosphere (atm)
The atmosphere reflects approximate air pressure at sea level and is used as a practical pressure measure.
History: the standard atmosphere began as an approximation of mean air pressure at sea level.
Quickly convert atmospheres to millibars without lookup tables or manual math.
This page is focused on converting atmospheres to millibars. Type a number into the first field and the result appears immediately in the second field.
Example: 1 atm = 1013.25 mbar. Conversion formula: result = value × 101325 / 100.
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The atmosphere reflects approximate air pressure at sea level and is used as a practical pressure measure.
History: the standard atmosphere began as an approximation of mean air pressure at sea level.
The millibar is one thousandth of a bar and is often used in meteorology for atmospheric pressure.
History: the millibar became popular in meteorology because atmospheric pressure is conveniently near 1000 mbar.
Enter a value in the Atmosphere field. The converter applies the formula "result = value × 101325 / 100" and immediately shows the result in millibars.
1 atm = 1013.25 mbar.
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