Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to kilometers is 0.0001, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 dm = 0.0001 km

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

1 dm → 0.0001 km

1 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0001 km

The final result is:

1 dm → 0.0001 km

We conclude that 1 decimeter is equivalent to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 decimeter = 0.0001 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 10000 × 1 decimeter.

Another way is saying that 1 decimeter is equal to 1 ÷ 10000 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1 dm ≅ 0 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately ten thousand times one decimeter.

Conversion table

decimeters to kilometers chart

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