American

Wire
Gauge
(AWG)
4/0
3/0
2/0
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

AWG

Diameter
(inches)
0.46
0.4096
0.3648
0.3249
0.2893
0.2576
0.2294
0.2043
0.1819
0.162
0.1443
0.1285
0.1144
0.1019
0.0907
0.0808
0.072
0.0641
0.0571
0.0508
0.0453
0.0403
0.0359
0.032
0.0285
0.0254
0.0226
0.0201
0.0179
0.0159

Diameter
(mm)
11.68
10.4
9.27
8.25
7.35
6.54
5.83
5.19
4.62
4.11
3.67
3.26
2.91
2.59
2.3
2.05
1.83
1.63
1.45
1.29
1.15
1.02
0.91
0.81
0.72
0.65
0.57
0.51
0.45
0.4

Cross
Sectional
Area
(mm2)
107.16
84.97
67.4
53.46
42.39
33.61
26.65
21.14
16.76
13.29
10.55
8.36
6.63
5.26
4.17
3.31
2.63
2.08
1.65
1.31
1.04
0.82
0.65
0.52
0.41
0.33
0.26
0.2
0.16
0.13

Standard
Commerci
al Size
(mm2)
125
100
80
60
50
38
30
22
14
10
8
5.5
3.5

American Wire Gauge (AWM) to Metric Conversion Chart

mm 2
AWG
mm 2
AWG
mm 2
30
0.05
16
1.5 2/0
28
0.08
14
2.5 3/0
26
0.14
12
4 4/0
24
0.25
10
6 300MCM
22
0.34
8
10 350MCM
21
0.38
6
16 500MCM
20
0.5
4
25 600MCM
18
0.75
2
35 750MCM

70
95
120
150
185
240
300
400

18 (UL)
17

1
1

50 1000MCM

500