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 17 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 17 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

17 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 17 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.017 km

The final result is:

17 m → 0.017 km

We conclude that 17 meters is equivalent to 0.017 kilometers:

17 meters = 0.017 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 58.823529411765 × 17 meters.

Another way is saying that 17 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 58.823529411765 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

17 m ≅ 0.017 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifty-eight point eight two four times seventeen 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