Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to kilometers is 0.0001, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 dm = 0.0001 km

To convert 213 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 213 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.0001 km

213 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 213 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0213 km

The final result is:

213 dm → 0.0213 km

We conclude that 213 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0213 kilometers:

213 decimeters = 0.0213 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 46.948356807512 × 213 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 213 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 46.948356807512 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred thirteen decimeters is approximately zero point zero two one kilometers:

213 dm ≅ 0.021 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately forty-six point nine four eight times two hundred thirteen decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to kilometers