Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to kilometers per hour is 1.6093439999987, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 1.6093439999987 kilometers per hour:

1 mph = 1.6093439999987 km/h

To convert 0.5 miles per hour into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 0.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 1.6093439999987 km/h

0.5 mph → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 0.5 mph × 1.6093439999987 km/h

V_(km/h) = 0.80467199999936 km/h

The final result is:

0.5 mph → 0.80467199999936 km/h

We conclude that 0.5 miles per hour is equivalent to 0.80467199999936 kilometers per hour:

0.5 miles per hour = 0.80467199999936 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 1.2427423844757 × 0.5 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 0.5 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 1.2427423844757 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point five miles per hour is approximately zero point eight zero five kilometers per hour:

0.5 mph ≅ 0.805 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately one point two four three times zero point five miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to kilometers per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to kilometers per hour