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Centimeters per Second to Feet per Second Converter

Convert centimeters per second (cm/s) to feet per second (ft/s), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

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Result
0.0328083989501 ft/s
knots
0.0194384449244 kn
Mach (at 343 m/s)
2.91545189504 × 10⁻⁵ Mach
speed of light
3.33564095198 × 10⁻¹¹ c
miles per hour
0.0223693629205 mph
kilometers per second
1 × 10⁻⁵ km/s
kilometers per hour
0.036 km/h
meters per second
0.01 m/s

1 cm/s = 0.0328083989501 ft/s

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  1. 1 cm/s = 0.0328083989501 ft/s
  2. 1 × 0.0328083989501 = 0.0328083989501 ft/s

How to convert centimeters per second to feet per second

1 cm/s = 0.0328083989501 ft/s, so multiply by 0.0328083989501 to go from centimeters per second to feet per second. Going the other way, 1 ft/s = 30.48 cm/s.

ft/s = cm/s × 0.0328083989501
cm/s = ft/s × 30.48

Worked example:

1 cm/s = 0.0328083989501 ft/s
5 × 0.0328083989501 = 0.164041994751 ft/s

Centimeters per Second to feet per second table

Centimeters per SecondFeet per Second
1 cm/s0.0328083989501 ft/s
2 cm/s0.0656167979003 ft/s
3 cm/s0.0984251968504 ft/s
4 cm/s0.131233595801 ft/s
5 cm/s0.164041994751 ft/s
6 cm/s0.196850393701 ft/s
7 cm/s0.229658792651 ft/s
8 cm/s0.262467191601 ft/s
9 cm/s0.295275590551 ft/s
10 cm/s0.328083989501 ft/s
15 cm/s0.492125984252 ft/s
20 cm/s0.656167979003 ft/s
25 cm/s0.820209973753 ft/s
30 cm/s0.984251968504 ft/s
40 cm/s1.31233595801 ft/s
50 cm/s1.64041994751 ft/s
75 cm/s2.46062992126 ft/s
100 cm/s3.28083989501 ft/s
250 cm/s8.20209973753 ft/s
500 cm/s16.4041994751 ft/s
1000 cm/s32.8083989501 ft/s

About the units

Centimeters per Second (cm/s)
Centimeters per second, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (SI units, prefixes and units accepted for use with the SI).
Feet per Second (ft/s)
Feet per second, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 (2024), Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurement.

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