What is degree Fahrenheit?

Degree Fahrenheit is a temperature unit primarily used in the United States for weather reports, cooking temperatures, and household settings. Water freezes at 32 °F and boils at 212 °F on this scale.

What is kelvin?

Kelvin is the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, with its zero point at absolute zero. It is the standard in scientific and engineering fields where absolute temperature values are required, such as thermodynamics and astrophysics.

Worked examples

1 degree Fahrenheit = 255.92777778 kelvin

1 kelvin = 1 kelvin

More Temperature conversions

• Convert degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius
• Convert degree Fahrenheit to kelvin
• Convert degree Fahrenheit to degree Rankine
• Convert degree Fahrenheit to degree Réaumur

Assumption: formula-based scales using Kelvin as reference.