Diameter Diameter Area Available Cable

AWG #
(mm) (inch) (mm²) (mm²)

0000 (4/0) 11.684 0.46 107.2193 120

000 (3/0) 10.4049 0.4096 85.0288 95

00 (2/0) 9.2658 0.3648 67.4309 70

0 (1/0) 8.2515 0.3249 53.4751 70

1 7.3481 0.2893 42.4077 50

2 6.5437 0.2576 33.6308 35

3 5.8273 0.2294 26.6705 35

4 5.1894 0.2043 21.1506 25

5 4.6213 0.1819 16.7732 25

6 4.1154 0.162 13.3018 16

7 3.6649 0.1443 10.5488 16

8 3.2636 0.1285 8.3656 10

9 2.9064 0.1144 6.6342 10

10 2.5882 0.1019 5.2612 6

11 2.3048 0.0907 4.1723 6

12 2.0525 0.0808 3.3088 4

13 1.8278 0.072 2.624 4

14 1.6277 0.0641 2.0809 2.5

15 1.4495 0.0571 1.6502 2.5

16 1.2908 0.0508 1.3087 1.5

17 1.1495 0.0453 1.0378 1.5

18 1.0237 0.0403 0.823 1

19 0.9116 0.0359 0.6527 0.75

 Diameter Diameter Area Available Cable
AWG #
(mm) (inch) (mm²) (mm²)

20 0.8118 0.032 0.5176 0.75

21 0.7229 0.0285 0.4105 0.5

22 0.6438 0.0253 0.3255 0.5

23 0.5733 0.0226 0.2582 See Below

24 0.5106 0.0201 0.2047 See Below

25 0.4547 0.0179 0.1624 See Below

26 0.4049 0.0159 0.1288 See Below

27 0.3606 0.0142 0.1021 See Below

28 0.3211 0.0126 0.081 See Below

29 0.2859 0.0113 0.0642 See Below

30 0.2546 0.01 0.0509 See Below

31 0.2268 0.0089 0.0404 See Below

32 0.2019 0.008 0.032 See Below

33 0.1798 0.0071 0.0254 See Below

34 0.1601 0.0063 0.0201 See Below

35 0.1426 0.0056 0.016 See Below

36 0.127 0.005 0.0127 See Below

37 0.1131 0.0045 0.01 See Below

38 0.1007 0.004 0.008 See Below

39 0.0897 0.0035 0.0063 See Below

40 0.0799 0.0031 0.005 See Below

For AWG 23 and upwards -   When using a cable to power mains voltages: (110v, 230v
etc) the smallest conductor we recommend is 0.5mm. For audio, video, telephone,
security cabling you may want to use smaller cables sizes where the voltage and current
are smaller.

Things To Remember:

Wire Gauges run low to high - this means that the smaller a gauge number, the larger it is
in mm. Conversely, a large number in AWG equates to a very small number of mm.
AWG sizes do not fit perfectly into mm or inches, so you may need to round up or down
when safe to do so.
Cable sizes (including AWG) refers to the size of the conductor, not the total thickness of
the cable including sheathing etc.
Do not confuse AWG (American Wire Gauge) with SWG (Standard Wire Gauge, the
now largely redundant British Imperial standard which was superseded by mm.) as they
are not equal. Always double-check to make sure you are buying the correct thickness of
wire or cable.