Angle converter
Converting gradians to degrees is a small, specific task, but getting it wrong by even a rounding error can throw off a recipe, a shipping quote, a construction cut list, or a homework answer. This page runs a live Gradians to Degrees converter — type a number in grad and get the exact deg equivalent instantly, calculated with the standard conversion factor rather than an approximation. One grad equals 0.9 deg, and the calculator below scales that ratio to any amount you enter.
To convert a value from gradians to degrees, multiply the number of grad by 0.9. That figure comes from expressing both units against the same reference — in this case, angle are compared through a common angle base unit — so the ratio holds no matter how large or small the input is.
Common grad amounts and their deg equivalents, rounded to six decimal places for accuracy:
Angle conversions come up constantly outside of a classroom. Recipes written for a US audience use units while international ones use metric measurements; travel and navigation mix miles, kilometers, and nautical units depending on the country and mode of transport; and technical fields like engineering, medicine, and manufacturing often require converting between systems to match a spec sheet, a prescription, or a purchase order.
Manual conversion is where mistakes creep in — misplacing a decimal, using an outdated or rounded factor, or mixing up which unit is larger. Because this converter applies the exact multiplier every time, the result for gradians to degrees is consistent whether you're converting a single small number or a large batch of values one at a time.
1 grad equals 0.9 deg. Multiply any grad value by this factor to get deg.
It uses the standard defined conversion factor for gradians and degrees, so results are precise to the rounding shown, not a rough estimate.
Yes — use the swap control in the calculator to reverse the direction and convert degrees into gradians instead.
No. The calculation runs locally in your browser using JavaScript, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.
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| Gradians | Degrees |
|---|---|
| 1 grad | 0.9 deg |
| 5 grad | 4.5 deg |
| 10 grad | 9 deg |
| 25 grad | 22.5 deg |
| 50 grad | 45 deg |
| 100 grad | 90 deg |
| 500 grad | 450 deg |
| 1000 grad | 900 deg |