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 1038 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 1038 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

1038 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1038 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 1.038 km

The final result is:

1038 m → 1.038 km

We conclude that 1038 meters is equivalent to 1.038 kilometers:

1038 meters = 1.038 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.96339113680154 × 1038 meters.

Another way is saying that 1038 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.96339113680154 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1038 m ≅ 1.038 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point nine six three times one thousand thirty-eight 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