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 12 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 12 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

12 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 12 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.012 km

The final result is:

12 m → 0.012 km

We conclude that 12 meters is equivalent to 0.012 kilometers:

12 meters = 0.012 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 83.333333333333 × 12 meters.

Another way is saying that 12 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 83.333333333333 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

12 m ≅ 0.012 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eighty-three point three three three times twelve 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