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Kilometers to Meters Converter

Convert kilometers (km) to meters (m), 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
1000 m
miles
0.621371192237
yards
1093.61329834
feet
3280.83989501
inches
39370.0787402
centimeters
100000
millimeters
1000000
micrometers
1000000000
nanometers
1000000000000
light-years
1.05700083402 × 10^-13
US survey feet
3280.83333333

1 km = 1000 m

Show the working
  1. 1 km = 1000 m
  2. 1 × 1000 = 1000 m

How to convert kilometers to meters

1 km = 1000 m, so multiply by 1000 to go from kilometers to meters. Going the other way, 1 m = 0.001 km.

m = km × 1000
km = m × 0.001

Worked example:

1 km = 1000 m
5 × 1000 = 5000 m

Kilometers to meters table

KilometersMeters
1 km1000 m
2 km2000 m
3 km3000 m
4 km4000 m
5 km5000 m
6 km6000 m
7 km7000 m
8 km8000 m
9 km9000 m
10 km10000 m
15 km15000 m
20 km20000 m
25 km25000 m
30 km30000 m
40 km40000 m
50 km50000 m
75 km75000 m
100 km100000 m
250 km250000 m
500 km500000 m
1000 km1000000 m

About the units

Kilometers (km)
Kilometers, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).
Meters (m)
Meters, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).

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