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 1220 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1220 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

1220 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1220 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0122 km

The final result is:

1220 cm → 0.0122 km

We conclude that 1220 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0122 kilometers:

1220 centimeters = 0.0122 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 81.967213114754 × 1220 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1220 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 81.967213114754 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1220 cm ≅ 0.012 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eighty-one point nine six seven times one thousand two hundred twenty 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