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Nanometers to Micrometers Converter

Convert nanometers (nm) to micrometers (µm), 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
0.001 µm
miles
6.21371192237 × 10^-13
yards
1.09361329834 × 10^-9
feet
3.28083989501 × 10^-9
inches
3.93700787402 × 10^-8
kilometers
1 × 10^-12
meters
1 × 10^-9
centimeters
1 × 10^-7
millimeters
1 × 10^-6
light-years
1.05700083402 × 10^-25
US survey feet
3.28083333333 × 10^-9

1 nm = 0.001 µm

Show the working
  1. 1 nm = 0.001 µm
  2. 1 × 0.001 = 0.001 µm

How to convert nanometers to micrometers

1 nm = 0.001 µm, so multiply by 0.001 to go from nanometers to micrometers. Going the other way, 1 µm = 1000 nm.

µm = nm × 0.001
nm = µm × 1000

Worked example:

1 nm = 0.001 µm
5 × 0.001 = 0.005 µm

Nanometers to micrometers table

NanometersMicrometers
1 nm0.001 µm
2 nm0.002 µm
3 nm0.003 µm
4 nm0.004 µm
5 nm0.005 µm
6 nm0.006 µm
7 nm0.007 µm
8 nm0.008 µm
9 nm0.009 µm
10 nm0.01 µm
15 nm0.015 µm
20 nm0.02 µm
25 nm0.025 µm
30 nm0.03 µm
40 nm0.04 µm
50 nm0.05 µm
75 nm0.075 µm
100 nm0.1 µm
250 nm0.25 µm
500 nm0.5 µm
1000 nm1 µm

About the units

Nanometers (nm)
Nanometers, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).
Micrometers (µm)
Micrometers, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).

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