Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-5, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0E-5 kilometers:

1 cm = 1.0E-5 km

To convert 1000 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1000 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 1.0E-5 km

1000 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1000 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.01 km

The final result is:

1000 cm → 0.01 km

We conclude that 1000 centimeters is equivalent to 0.01 kilometers:

1000 centimeters = 0.01 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 100 × 1000 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 100 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1000 cm ≅ 0.01 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred times one thousand centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to kilometers chart

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