Conversion tools

This section brings together converters for the units and systems people juggle when they travel, study or work across borders. The currency converter fetches current exchange rates from an open data source and calculates the amount in the other currency; the rate your bank or exchange office gives you may be slightly different once fees and margins are added.

If you deal with both calendars, there are converters from Hijri to Gregorian and from Gregorian to Hijri, which are handy for official paperwork and religious occasions. Keep in mind that the start of a Hijri month can differ by a day between countries depending on the moon sighting. The time zone converter helps you schedule calls and meetings between cities without working out the hour difference yourself.

You will also find length, weight and temperature converters between metric and imperial systems, and a numbers to words tool that is useful when writing amounts on cheques, contracts and invoices. Every conversion happens instantly in your browser as you type. If you want to convert file formats such as images, PDFs or videos, head to the sections dedicated to those.