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 1580 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1580 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

1580 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1580 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0158 km

The final result is:

1580 cm → 0.0158 km

We conclude that 1580 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0158 kilometers:

1580 centimeters = 0.0158 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 63.291139240506 × 1580 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1580 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 63.291139240506 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1580 cm ≅ 0.016 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixty-three point two nine one times one thousand five hundred eighty 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