Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to meters is 0.01, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.01 meters:

1 cm = 0.01 m

To convert 1 centimeter into meters we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.01 m

1 cm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 1 cm × 0.01 m

L_(m) = 0.01 m

The final result is:

1 cm → 0.01 m

We conclude that 1 centimeter is equivalent to 0.01 meters:

1 centimeter = 0.01 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 100 × 1 centimeter.

Another way is saying that 1 centimeter is equal to 1 ÷ 100 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero one meters:

1 cm ≅ 0.01 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately one hundred times one centimeter.

Conversion table

centimeters to meters chart

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