Celsius to Fahrenheit Conversion

For you to survive any science class, you must know how to convert the Celsius temperature into Fahrenheit.

So how do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?

We answer this question below. In this post, we are going to provide a detailed explanation of how to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, giving you the formulas to facilitate quick conversations between the two units of temperatures.

The key differences between Celsius and Fahrenheit

Before learning to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, perhaps it is important to review the main differences between the two units of temperature.

Celsius, abbreviated as ⁰C, is sometimes also called centigrade. It is the widely used temperature scale around the world and used by all countries except five in the world. Celsius is part of the International System of Units (SI), or what is commonly known as the metric system. Celsius temperature scale was named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius. On this scale, the freezing point of water is at 0⁰C and boiling point 100⁰C at sea level.

On the other hand, Fahrenheit, abbreviated as ⁰F is not as widely used as Celsius, instead, it is used only by five countries in the world including the United States, Belize, Palau, Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas.

Fahrenheit is not part of the metric system; instead, it is part of the Imperial system, which compromises some of the other forms of measurements like feet, inches, gallons, and pounds among others. Unlike Celsius, Fahrenheit is not often used in science.

Fahrenheit temperature scale is named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit is usually difficult because both temperature scales are offset –, meaning neither of them is defined as starting at zero. Moreover, for every additional heat energy unit, both the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales add extra value. Due to this setup, it is difficult to say that doubling the value of Celsius or Fahrenheit doubles the amount of the heart energy, thus, it is challenging to get an instinctive grasp of exactly how much energy 1 Fahrenheit or Celsius is.

Celsius to Fahrenheit

Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit is not easy and is not something you can do quickly or in your head. However, there are formulas you can use to make the conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice vasa.

Celsius to Fahrenheit = (⁰C * 1.8) + 32 = ⁰F

Fahrenheit to Celsius = (⁰F – 32) / 1.8 = ⁰C

For example, assuming that the temperature outside is 20 ⁰C and you want to know what this is in Fahrenheit. Here is how you can convert the Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit.

(20 * 1.8) + 32

36 + 32

= 68 ⁰F