Convert Metric Tons to Ounces

About converting Metric Tons to Ounces

Metric Tons (t) and Ounces (oz) are both units of weight & mass, so converting between them is a single multiplication: multiply your Metric Tons figure by 35,273.96. Ten Metric Tons comes to 352,739.62 Ounces, and a hundred works out at 3,527,396.19 Ounces.

Rule of thumb: going from Metric Tons to Ounces multiplies, so the figure always grows — one Metric Ton is already 35,273.96 Ounces. If your answer came out smaller, you have the conversion the wrong way round.

What is a Metric Ton?

A metric ton — spelled tonne almost everywhere outside the United States — is 1,000 kilograms. It is not strictly an SI unit, though SI accepts it for use alongside them; the coherent name would be the megagram, which essentially nobody says out loud. The real hazard is the bare word "ton", because a US short ton of 2,000 pounds and a British long ton of 2,240 pounds are different quantities again, and all three are close enough that a careless figure can pass unchallenged. It is the unit of freight, steel, harvests and carbon dioxide emissions.

What is an Ounce?

The ounce here is the avoirdupois ounce, one sixteenth of a pound, and the qualifier matters. The troy ounce used to price gold and silver is noticeably heavier, so a "one ounce" gold coin is not an ounce of anything else — a confusion that has cost people real money. Muddier still is the fluid ounce, which measures volume rather than mass and differs between the US and the UK. The name comes from the Latin uncia, a twelfth part: it was a twelfth of the Roman libra, and the move to sixteen ounces to the pound came later.

To put both in perspective: a small car weighs about 1.5 metric tons, while a slice of sandwich bread weighs about an ounce.

The converter above updates as you type, and the table lists common values for quick reference. Need the opposite direction? Use the Ounces to Metric Tons converter, or browse all Weight & Mass converters.