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 1.6 kilometers into miles we have to multiply 1.6 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

1.6 km → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 1.6 km × 0.62137119223733 mi

L_(mi) = 0.99419390757973 mi

The final result is:

1.6 km → 0.99419390757973 mi

We conclude that 1.6 kilometers is equivalent to 0.99419390757973 miles:

1.6 kilometers = 0.99419390757973 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.00584 × 1.6 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 1.6 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.00584 miles.

Approximate result

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

1.6 km ≅ 0.994 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately one point zero zero six times one point six 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