Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-5, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0E-5 kilometers:

1 cm = 1.0E-5 km

To convert 2500 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 2500 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 1.0E-5 km

2500 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 2500 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.025 km

The final result is:

2500 cm → 0.025 km

We conclude that 2500 centimeters is equivalent to 0.025 kilometers:

2500 centimeters = 0.025 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 40 × 2500 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 2500 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 40 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

2500 cm ≅ 0.025 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately forty times two thousand five hundred centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to kilometers chart

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