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 218 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 218 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

218 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 218 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.218 km

The final result is:

218 m → 0.218 km

We conclude that 218 meters is equivalent to 0.218 kilometers:

218 meters = 0.218 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 4.5871559633028 × 218 meters.

Another way is saying that 218 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 4.5871559633028 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

218 m ≅ 0.218 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately four point five eight seven times two hundred eighteen 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