Comparing pressure scales

2.4 bar = 240 kPa

Use readings with the same reference point. Converting bar to kilopascals rescales a pressure; it cannot turn a gauge reading into an absolute reading.

Pa

1 Pa = 1 Pa

kPa

1 kPa = 1000 Pa

MPa

1 MPa = 1000000 Pa

bar

1 bar = 100000 Pa

atm

1 atm = 101325 Pa