Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to kilometers is 0.001, which means that 1 meter is equal to 0.001 kilometers:

1 m = 0.001 km

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

1 m → 0.001 km

1 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.001 km

The final result is:

1 m → 0.001 km

We conclude that 1 meter is equivalent to 0.001 kilometers:

1 meter = 0.001 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 × 1 meter.

Another way is saying that 1 meter is equal to 1 ÷ 1000 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1 m ≅ 0.001 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one thousand times one meter.

Conversion table

meters to kilometers chart

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