Meters to Centimeters Converter
Convert meters (m) 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.
Show the working
- 1 m = 100 cm
- 1 × 100 = 100 cm
How to convert meters to centimeters
1 m = 100 cm, so multiply by 100 to go from meters to centimeters. Going the other way, 1 cm = 0.01 m.
cm = m × 100 m = cm × 0.01
Worked example:
1 m = 100 cm 5 × 100 = 500 cm
Meters to centimeters table
| Meters | Centimeters |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 100 cm |
| 2 m | 200 cm |
| 3 m | 300 cm |
| 4 m | 400 cm |
| 5 m | 500 cm |
| 6 m | 600 cm |
| 7 m | 700 cm |
| 8 m | 800 cm |
| 9 m | 900 cm |
| 10 m | 1000 cm |
| 15 m | 1500 cm |
| 20 m | 2000 cm |
| 25 m | 2500 cm |
| 30 m | 3000 cm |
| 40 m | 4000 cm |
| 50 m | 5000 cm |
| 75 m | 7500 cm |
| 100 m | 10000 cm |
| 250 m | 25000 cm |
| 500 m | 50000 cm |
| 1000 m | 100000 cm |
About the units
- Meters (m)
- Meters, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).
- Centimeters (cm)
- Centimeters, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).