Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles to kilometers is 1.609344, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1.609344 kilometers:

1 mi = 1.609344 km

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

1 mi → 1.609344 km

1 mi → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1 mi × 1.609344 km

L_(km) = 1.609344 km

The final result is:

1 mi → 1.609344 km

We conclude that 1 mile is equivalent to 1.609344 kilometers:

1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.62137119223733 × 1 mile.

Another way is saying that 1 mile is equal to 1 ÷ 0.62137119223733 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1 mi ≅ 1.609 km

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

Conversion table

miles to kilometers chart

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