AWG to Metric (American & Canadian)
AWG to Metric (American)
| Stranded Tinned Copper Wire | |||
| AWG | Stranding No /AWG | Nominal Diameter (mm) | Cross Section (mm²) |
| 12 | 7 / 20 | 2.440 | 3.610 |
| 12 | 19 / 25 | 2.360 | 3.070 |
| 12 | 65 / 30 | 2.410 | 3.270 |
| 14 | 7 / 22 | 1.850 | 2.260 |
| 14 | 19 / 26 | 1.850 | 1.930 |
| 14 | 42 / 30 | 1.850 | 2.060 |
| 16 | 7 / 24 | 1.520 | 1.420 |
| 16 | 19/ 29 | 1.470 | 1.216 |
| 16 | 65 / 34 | 1.500 | 1.300 |
| 18 | 7 / 26 | 1.220 | 0.891 |
| 18 | 19/30 | 1.240 | 0.957 |
| 18 | 42 / 34 | 1.200 | 0.819 |
| 18 | 65 / 36 | 1.200 | 0.845 |
| 20 | 7 / 28 | 0.890 | 0.504 |
| 20 | 19 / 32 | 0.940 | 0.612 |
| 20 | 42 / 36 | 0.914 | 0.533 |
| 22 | 7 / 30 | 0.762 | 0.352 |
| 22 | 19 / 34 | 0.787 | 0.380 |
| 24 | 7 / 32 | 0.610 | 0.226 |
| 24 | 19/36 | 0.610 | 0.239 |
| 24 | 42/42 | 0.584 | 0.201 |
| 26 | 7/34 | 0.483 | 0.140 |
| 26 | 19/38 | 0.508 | 0.153 |
| 28 | 7/36 | 0.381 | 0.071 |
| 28 | 19/40 | 0.406 | 0.093 |
| 30 | 7/38 | 0.305 | 0.056 |
| Solid Bare Copper Wire | ||
| AWG | Nominal Diameter (mm) | Cross Section (mm²) |
| 10 | 2.600 | 5.230 |
| 11 | 2.300 | 4.155 |
| 12 | 2.050 | 3.290 |
| 13 | 1.830 | 2.630 |
| 14 | 1.630 | 2.070 |
| 15 | 1.450 | 1.651 |
| 16 | 1.290 | 1.300 |
| 17 | 1.150 | 1.039 |
| 18 | 1.020 | 0.816 |
| 19 | 0.912 | 0.653 |
| 20 | 0.813 | 0.514 |
| 21 | 0.724 | 0.412 |
| 22 | 0.643 | 0.322 |
| 23 | 0.574 | 0.259 |
| 24 | 0.511 | 0.203 |
| 25 | 0.455 | 0.163 |
| 26 | 0.404 | 0.127 |
| 27 | 0.361 | 0.102 |
| 28 | 0.320 | 0.080 |
| 29 | 0.287 | 0.064 |
| 30 | 0.254 | 0.051 |
| 31 | 0.226 | 0.040 |
| 32 | 0.203 | 0.032 |
| 33 | 0.180 | 0.025 |
| 34 | 0.160 | 0.020 |
| 35 | 0.142 | 0.016 |
| 36 | 0.127 | 0.013 |
| 37 | 0.114 | 0.010 |
| 38 | 0.102 | 0.008 |
| 39 | 0.089 | 0.006 |
| 40 | 0.079 | 0.005 |