Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to meters is 1000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters:

1 km = 1000 m

To convert 100 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 100 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 1000 m

100 km → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 100 km × 1000 m

L_(m) = 100000 m

The final result is:

100 km → 100000 m

We conclude that 100 kilometers is equivalent to 100000 meters:

100 kilometers = 100000 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 1.0E-5 × 100 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 100 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0E-5 meters.

Approximate result

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

100 km ≅ 100000 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times one hundred kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to meters chart

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