Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to knots is 0.8689762419014, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.8689762419014 knots:

1 mph = 0.8689762419014 kt

To convert 20 miles per hour into knots we have to multiply 20 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 0.8689762419014 kt

20 mph → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 20 mph × 0.8689762419014 kt

V_(kt) = 17.379524838028 kt

The final result is:

20 mph → 17.379524838028 kt

We conclude that 20 miles per hour is equivalent to 17.379524838028 knots:

20 miles per hour = 17.379524838028 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.057538972401127 × 20 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 20 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.057538972401127 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty miles per hour is approximately seventeen point three eight knots:

20 mph ≅ 17.38 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero five eight times twenty miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to knots chart

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