Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters per second to knots is 1.9438444924423, which means that 1 meter per second is equal to 1.9438444924423 knots:

1 m/s = 1.9438444924423 kt

To convert 20.6 meters per second into knots we have to multiply 20.6 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from meters per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m/s → 1.9438444924423 kt

20.6 m/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 20.6 m/s × 1.9438444924423 kt

V_(kt) = 40.043196544311 kt

The final result is:

20.6 m/s → 40.043196544311 kt

We conclude that 20.6 meters per second is equivalent to 40.043196544311 knots:

20.6 meters per second = 40.043196544311 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.024973031283689 × 20.6 meters per second.

Another way is saying that 20.6 meters per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.024973031283689 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty point six meters per second is approximately forty point zero four three knots:

20.6 m/s ≅ 40.043 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero two five times twenty point six meters per second.

Conversion table

meters per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters per second to knots