Data size converter

Megabytes to gigabytes

1 GB = 1,000 MB

Divide megabytes by 1,000 to get gigabytes.

megabytes
0.5gigabytes

MB to GB table

MegabytesGigabytes
1 MB0.001 GB
10 MB0.01 GB
50 MB0.05 GB
100 MB0.1 GB
250 MB0.25 GB
500 MB0.5 GB
700 MB0.7 GB
750 MB0.75 GB
1,000 MB1 GB
1,500 MB1.5 GB
2,000 MB2 GB
4,700 MB4.7 GB
5,000 MB5 GB
10,000 MB10 GB
25,000 MB25 GB
50,000 MB50 GB

The formula

gigabytes = megabytes ÷ 1000

Worked example

500 MB ÷ 1,000 = 0.5 GB

The other way round, gigabytes to megabytes: megabytes = gigabytes × 1000.

In your head

Move the decimal point three places to the left. 500 MB → 0.5 GB.

Questions

1 megabyte is 0.001 gigabytes.

Divide megabytes by 1,000 to get gigabytes. For example, 500 MB ÷ 1,000 = 0.5 GB.

In SI units, as used here and by drive makers and phone plans, 1 GB is 1,000 MB. 1,024 belongs to the binary units: 1 GiB is 1,024 MiB.

Windows divides by 1,024 but still writes GB. Use the GiB to GB page for that.

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