Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles to kilometers is 1.609344, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1.609344 kilometers:

1 mi = 1.609344 km

To convert 30 miles into kilometers we have to multiply 30 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from miles to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mi → 1.609344 km

30 mi → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 30 mi × 1.609344 km

L_(km) = 48.28032 km

The final result is:

30 mi → 48.28032 km

We conclude that 30 miles is equivalent to 48.28032 kilometers:

30 miles = 48.28032 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.020712373074578 × 30 miles.

Another way is saying that 30 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 0.020712373074578 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty miles is approximately forty-eight point two eight kilometers:

30 mi ≅ 48.28 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point zero two one times thirty miles.

Conversion table

miles to kilometers chart

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