One picofarad is exactly 1e-09 millifarads, so converting picofarads to millifarads is a single multiplication. Enter any figure and the result appears as you type — the arithmetic runs in your browser, so nothing is sent anywhere.
Picofarads are the scale of ceramic capacitors, crystal load networks and stray capacitance between adjacent tracks. One milli farad is one thousandth of a farad (1e-3 farads).
Capacitor labelling. The same part may be printed 100 nF, 0.1 uF, or the three-digit code 104, and all three mean the same component. Nanofarads are the awkward middle: European schematics favour nF, American ones favour uF. Below the calculator there is a step table for the values people look up most, and a second table putting real how much charge a component stores per volt figures into millifarads so the number you get has something to be compared against.
The formula
picofarads- The amount you are converting, in picofarads
1e-09- The exact number of millifarads in one picofarad
millifarads- The converted result
How it works, step by step
- Enter the value in picofarads.
- It is multiplied by 1e-09, the exact factor between the two units.
- The answer is shown in millifarads, with the reverse conversion beneath it.
- Check the reference table if you want a figure of comparable size.
Worked examples
Audio coupling capacitor: 1e+06 pF in millifarads
Audio coupling capacitor comes to about 1e+06 pF. Multiplying by the factor: 1e+06 × 1e-09 = 0.001 mF. Dividing the answer back by 1e-09 returns the figure you started with, which is the quickest way to check you have the factor the right way up.
Decoupling capacitor: 1e+05 pF in millifarads
Take decoupling capacitor, roughly 1e+05 pF. The conversion is a single multiplication — 1e+05 × 1e-09 — giving 0.0001 mF. Because the relationship is proportional, doubling the input doubles the answer to 0.0002 mF.
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Frequently asked questions
How many millifarads are in one picofarad?
Exactly 1e-09. Every figure on this page is that one number multiplied by your input, so the only rounding is at the display step.
What is the formula to convert picofarads to millifarads?
millifarads = picofarads × 1e-09. Reversed, picofarads = millifarads ÷ 1e-09, which is the same as multiplying by 1,000,000,000.
Which is the bigger unit, the picofarad or the millifarad?
The millifarad. One picofarad is only 1e-09 of a millifarad, so it takes 1e+09 picofarads to make one millifarad.
What does this quantity actually measure?
Both units measure how much charge a component stores per volt. That is why a single factor is enough: there is no temperature offset and no material property involved, unlike conversions that cross between different quantities.
What is a picofarad?
Picofarads are the scale of ceramic capacitors, crystal load networks and stray capacitance between adjacent tracks.
What is a millifarad?
One milli farad is one thousandth of a farad (1e-3 farads).
Why does my answer differ from another converter?
Almost always because the other tool rounded the factor before multiplying. This page keeps full double precision through the calculation and rounds only for display, and it prints the factor it used so you can see where any difference came from.
Picofarads to millifarads reference tables
| Picofarads | Millifarads |
|---|---|
| 0.5 pF | 5.00000e-10 mF |
| 1 pF | 1e-09 mF |
| 2 pF | 2e-09 mF |
| 3 pF | 3e-09 mF |
| 5 pF | 5e-09 mF |
| 10 pF | 1e-08 mF |
| 20 pF | 2e-08 mF |
| 25 pF | 2.5e-08 mF |
| 50 pF | 5e-08 mF |
| 75 pF | 7.5e-08 mF |
| 100 pF | 1e-07 mF |
| 250 pF | 2.5e-07 mF |
| 500 pF | 5e-07 mF |
| 1000 pF | 1e-06 mF |
| 5000 pF | 5e-06 mF |
Exact factor: 1 picofarad = 1e-09 millifarads.
| Quantity | pF | mF |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal load capacitor | 22 pF | 2.2e-08 mF |
| Decoupling capacitor | 1e+05 pF | 0.0001 mF |
| Audio coupling capacitor | 1e+06 pF | 0.001 mF |
| Motor-run capacitor | 2.5e+07 pF | 0.025 mF |
| Power supply smoothing capacitor | 4.7e+09 pF | 4.7 mF |
| Supercapacitor cell | 1e+12 pF | 1000 mF |
Published reference values, converted with the same factor this page uses.