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 1000 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 1000 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

1000 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1000 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 1 km

The final result is:

1000 m → 1 km

We conclude that 1000 meters is equivalent to 1 kilometers:

1000 meters = 1 kilometers

Alternative conversion

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

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

Approximate result

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

1000 m ≅ 1 km

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

Conversion table

meters to kilometers chart

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