How many calories do you burn with Salsa dancing?
Someone weighing 180 pounds burns approximately 343 calories per hour with Salsa dancing. Fill in the form below and calculate how many calories you burn with Salsa dancing or use our Calorie Calculator for other activities.
Salsa dancing Calorie Calculator
Burned calories (KCAL)
with Salsa dancing
Calories burned with Dancing (weight: 180 lbs)
MET | 15 min. | 30 min. | 45 min. | 60 min. | |
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Ballet | 5 | 107 | 214 | 321 | 429 |
Ballroom dancing | 3.3 | 71 | 141 | 212 | 283 |
Break dancing | 5.9 | 126 | 253 | 379 | 506 |
Country or Western dancing | 4.8 | 103 | 206 | 309 | 411 |
Dancing | 4.8 | 103 | 206 | 309 | 411 |
Folk dancing | 4.8 | 103 | 206 | 309 | 411 |
Hip Hop dancing | 5.8 | 124 | 249 | 373 | 497 |
Salsa dancing | 4.0 | 86 | 171 | 257 | 343 |
Swing & Disco dancing | 5.8 | 124 | 249 | 373 | 497 |
Tap dancing | 4.6 | 99 | 197 | 296 | 394 |
How do we calculate the amount of calories burned with Salsa dancing?
This calculation uses the MET value (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) of Salsa dancing. The MET value of Salsa dancing = 4.0. 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 Salsa dancing: 4.0
Time: 30 minutes
The calorie calculation for Salsa dancing for 30 minutes is as follows:
(180 ) * 4.0 * 0.0175 * 30 minutes = 171 kcal
With 30 minutes of with Salsa dancing you burn 171 kcal.