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 1270 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1270 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

1270 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1270 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0127 km

The final result is:

1270 cm → 0.0127 km

We conclude that 1270 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0127 kilometers:

1270 centimeters = 0.0127 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 78.740157480315 × 1270 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1270 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 78.740157480315 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 seventy centimeters is approximately zero point zero one three kilometers:

1270 cm ≅ 0.013 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seventy-eight point seven four times one thousand two hundred seventy 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