Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to meters per second is 0.277777777778, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.277777777778 meters per second:
1 km/h = 0.277777777778 m/s
To convert 3600 kilometers per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 3600 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km/h → 0.277777777778 m/s
3600 km/h → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 3600 km/h × 0.277777777778 m/s
V(m/s) = 1000.0000000008 m/s
The final result is:
3600 km/h → 1000.0000000008 m/s
We conclude that 3600 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 1000.0000000008 meters per second:
3600 kilometers per hour = 1000.0000000008 meters per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.0009999999999992 × 3600 kilometers per hour.
Another way is saying that 3600 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0009999999999992 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand six hundred kilometers per hour is approximately one thousand meters per second:
3600 km/h ≅ 1000 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand six hundred kilometers per hour.
Conversion table
kilometers per hour to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to meters per second
kilometers per hour (km/h) | meters per second (m/s) |
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3601 kilometers per hour | 1000.278 meters per second |
3602 kilometers per hour | 1000.556 meters per second |
3603 kilometers per hour | 1000.833 meters per second |
3604 kilometers per hour | 1001.111 meters per second |
3605 kilometers per hour | 1001.389 meters per second |
3606 kilometers per hour | 1001.667 meters per second |
3607 kilometers per hour | 1001.944 meters per second |
3608 kilometers per hour | 1002.222 meters per second |
3609 kilometers per hour | 1002.5 meters per second |
3610 kilometers per hour | 1002.778 meters per second |