Daily Calorie Burn from Steps Calculator

About this calculator

Walking burns calories roughly in proportion to the distance covered and your body weight, since heavier bodies expend more energy moving the same distance. A common approximation used by fitness trackers is around 0.04–0.05 kcal per step per kilogram of body weight, which works out to roughly 30–40 calories per 1,000 steps for a 70 kg adult — a number that shifts with stride length, walking speed and terrain (an incline or uneven surface burns more than flat pavement).

This differs from the flat step-count-only estimates many pedometers use by default, since it factors in your actual body weight rather than a generic average — someone at 100 kg burns meaningfully more calories per step than someone at 55 kg covering the same distance at the same pace.

This calculator takes your daily step count and body weight and estimates the calories burned from that day’s walking.