How many calories do you burn with Gardening?
Someone weighing 180 pounds burns approximately 309 calories per hour with Gardening. Fill in the form below and calculate how many calories you burn with Gardening or use our Calorie Calculator for other activities.

Gardening Calorie Calculator
Burned calories (KCAL)
with Gardening
309
Calories burned with Daily Activities (weight: 180 lbs)
MET | 15 min. | 30 min. | 45 min. | 60 min. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Climbing Stairs | 7.7 | 165 | 330 | 495 | 660 |
Gardening | 3.6 | 77 | 154 | 231 | 309 |
Housecleaning | 2.8 | 60 | 120 | 180 | 240 |
Kissing | 2.6 | 56 | 111 | 167 | 223 |
Lying in bed | 0.8 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 69 |
Sex | 1.2 | 26 | 51 | 77 | 103 |
Sitting | 0.9 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 77 |
Sleeping | 0.7 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 |
Standing | 1 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 86 |
How do we calculate the amount of calories burned with Gardening?
This calculation uses the MET value (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) of Gardening. The MET value of Gardening = 3.6. We multiply the MET value with the person's body weight in kilogram. Then we multiply this with 0.0175 and the time in minutes.
A person weighs: 180 pounds
MET value of Gardening: 3.6
Time: 30 minutes
The calorie calculation for Gardening for 30 minutes is as follows:
(180 ) * 3.6 * 0.0175 * 30 minutes = 154 kcal
With 30 minutes of with Gardening you burn 154 kcal.