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Kilometers to Centimeters Converter

Convert kilometers (km) to centimeters (cm), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Convert a length from one unit to another. For inches, feet and yards you also get feet and inches with a tape-measure fraction.

About valueEnter a number, a fraction such as 3/8, a mixed number such as 1 3/8, or simple arithmetic such as 2*3.
About to unitUnit to convert into.
About round inches to nearestSmallest inch fraction used when showing feet and inches.
Result
Result
100000 cm
miles
0.621371192237
yards
1093.61329834
feet
3280.83989501
inches
39370.0787402
meters
1000
millimeters
1000000
micrometers
1000000000
nanometers
1000000000000
light-years
1.05700083402 × 10^-13
US survey feet
3280.83333333

1 km = 100000 cm

Show the working
  1. 1 km = 100000 cm
  2. 1 × 100000 = 100000 cm

How to convert kilometers to centimeters

1 km = 100000 cm, so multiply by 100000 to go from kilometers to centimeters. Going the other way, 1 cm = 1 × 10^-5 km.

cm = km × 100000
km = cm × 1

Worked example:

1 km = 100000 cm
5 × 100000 = 500000 cm

Kilometers to centimeters table

KilometersCentimeters
1 km100000 cm
2 km200000 cm
3 km300000 cm
4 km400000 cm
5 km500000 cm
6 km600000 cm
7 km700000 cm
8 km800000 cm
9 km900000 cm
10 km1000000 cm
15 km1500000 cm
20 km2000000 cm
25 km2500000 cm
30 km3000000 cm
40 km4000000 cm
50 km5000000 cm
75 km7500000 cm
100 km10000000 cm
250 km25000000 cm
500 km50000000 cm
1000 km100000000 cm

About the units

Kilometers (km)
Kilometers, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).
Centimeters (cm)
Centimeters, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).

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