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 10 kilometers into miles we have to multiply 10 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

10 km → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 10 km × 0.62137119223733 mi

L_(mi) = 6.2137119223733 mi

The final result is:

10 km → 6.2137119223733 mi

We conclude that 10 kilometers is equivalent to 6.2137119223733 miles:

10 kilometers = 6.2137119223733 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.1609344 × 10 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 10 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1609344 miles.

Approximate result

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

10 km ≅ 6.214 mi

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