Steps to Calories Calculator

Steps to Calories Calculator turns a step count into the energy used and the distance covered. Both depend on more than the number of steps: a tall person covers more ground per step, a heavier person uses more energy to move the same distance, and a brisk pace uses more per minute than a stroll.

Stride length is estimated from height, at about 0.415 of it for a normal walking pace. That is the standard figure and it shifts with pace -- people take shorter steps strolling and longer ones striding out -- so the calculator adjusts it by the pace selected. Ten thousand steps works out near seven kilometres for somebody of average height, which is where the familiar target comes from.

The energy figure uses MET values from the Compendium of Physical Activities, the same source most fitness equipment uses. It is the energy spent walking, not your total daily burn, which includes everything your body does at rest. Treat it as an estimate within about fifteen per cent: trackers disagree with each other and with laboratory measurement by at least that much.

This is general information and not medical advice. The formula cannot know your medical history, your medication, your body composition or anything else specific to you. Speak to a doctor or another qualified professional about any question concerning your health, and never delay seeking advice because of a figure on this page.

Your measurements are processed inside your own browser. Height, weight, age and anything else you enter never leave your device, nothing is logged, and nothing survives closing the tab.

• Shows calories burned, distance walked, per 1,000 steps, time taken and your stride together, so you are not running it twice
• A results table you can read across
• Updates as you type, with no button to press and no page reload
• Copy the result in one click
• Free, no sign-up, and it runs entirely in your browser

The steps to calories calculator is used by writers, developers, students, marketers and anyone else who needs the job done once without installing software. Common cases include:

• Finding out what ten thousand steps actually burns
• Converting a daily step count into distance
• Comparing a brisk walk against a stroll
• Checking a fitness tracker's figure against an independent estimate