Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to meters is 1000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters:

1 km = 1000 m

To convert 3171 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 3171 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 1000 m

3171 km → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 3171 km × 1000 m

L_(m) = 3171000 m

The final result is:

3171 km → 3171000 m

We conclude that 3171 kilometers is equivalent to 3171000 meters:

3171 kilometers = 3171000 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 3.1535793125197E-7 × 3171 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 3171 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 3.1535793125197E-7 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand one hundred seventy-one kilometers is approximately three million one hundred seventy-one thousand meters:

3171 km ≅ 3171000 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times three thousand one hundred seventy-one kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to meters chart

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