AWG... what's that?????

[Italian version]
Ever wondered what does AWG mean with respect to cables cross-section? I'm
pretty sure some cable DIYer absolute beginner has faced this problem at least
once in a lifetime: finding the perfect relation between the mysterious AWG
number and the cross-section in mm2.
May we leave you alone to face this trouble? Certainly not! So here it is an useful
(hope so!) conversion table that puts into an exact relation the American Wire
Gauge (AWG, for short) number with the cross-section measured in mm2.
You can print it and keep it into a drawer of your DIY garage, ready to help you
quickly.
The first column reports the AWG number, the second the corresponding
diameter of the cable in mm while the third reports the equivalent cross-section
area in mm2.

Copyright 1999 Mimmo Cacciapaglia - http://www.tnt-audio.com

Structural Wire Conversion Tables

[ for mm diameter, multiply inches below by 25.4 ]
For electrical wire physical comparisons - metric to AWG, click here
For sheet metal gauge to metric click here

Wire Number

Imperial Standard
Wire Gauge

American
Wire Gauge

gauge

ins. dia.

ins. dia.

0000000 (7/0)

0.5000

000000 (6/0)

0.4640

0.580000

00000 (5/0)

0.4320

0.516500

0000 (4/0)

0.4000

0.460000

000 (3/0)

0.3720

0.409642

00 (2/0)

0.3480

0.364796

0 (1/0)

0.3240

0.324861

0.3000

0.289297

0.2760

0.257627

0.2520

0.229423

0.2320

0.2043

0.2120

0.1819

0.1920

0.1620

0.1760

0.1443

0.1600

0.1285

0.1440

0.1144

10

0.1280

0.1019

11

0.1160

0.0907

12

0.1040

0.0808

13

0.0920

0.0720

14

0.0800

0.0641

15

0.0720

0.0571

16

0.0640

0.0508

17

0.0560

0.0453

18

0.0480

0.0403

19

0.0400

0.0359

20

0.0360

0.0320

21

0.0320

0.0285

22

0.0280

0.0253

23

0.0240

0.0226

24

0.0220

0.0201

25

0.0200

0.0179

26

0.0180

0.0159

27

0.0164

0.0142

28

0.0148

0.0126

29

0.0136

0.0113

30

0.0124

0.0100

31

0.0116

0.0089

32

0.0108

0.0080

33

0.0100

0.0071

34

0.0092

0.0063

35

0.0084

0.0056

36

0.0076

0.0050

37

0.0068

0.0045

38

0.0060

0.0040

39

0.0052

0.0035

40

0.0048

0.0031

41

0.0044

0.0028

42

0.0040

0.0025

43

0.0036

0.0022

44

0.0032

0.0020

45

0.0028

0.0018

46

0.0024

0.0016

47

0.0020

0.0014

48

0.0016

0.0012

49

0.0012

0.0011

50

0.0010

0.0010

51

0.00088

52

0.00078

53

0.00070

54

0.00062

55

0.00055

56

0.00049