Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to miles is 0.62137119223733, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 0.62137119223733 miles:

1 km = 0.62137119223733 mi

To convert 0.8 kilometers into miles we have to multiply 0.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 0.62137119223733 mi

0.8 km → L_(mi)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in miles:

L_(mi) = 0.8 km × 0.62137119223733 mi

L_(mi) = 0.49709695378987 mi

The final result is:

0.8 km → 0.49709695378987 mi

We conclude that 0.8 kilometers is equivalent to 0.49709695378987 miles:

0.8 kilometers = 0.49709695378987 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 2.01168 × 0.8 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 0.8 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.01168 miles.

Approximate result

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

0.8 km ≅ 0.497 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately two point zero one two times zero point eight kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to miles chart

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