Conversion formula

The conversion factor from hours to days is 0.041666666666667, which means that 1 hour is equal to 0.041666666666667 days:

1 hr = 0.041666666666667 d

To convert 38.5 hours into days we have to multiply 38.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from hours to days. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 hr → 0.041666666666667 d

38.5 hr → T_(d)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in days:

T_(d) = 38.5 hr × 0.041666666666667 d

T_(d) = 1.6041666666667 d

The final result is:

38.5 hr → 1.6041666666667 d

We conclude that 38.5 hours is equivalent to 1.6041666666667 days:

38.5 hours = 1.6041666666667 days

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 day is equal to 0.62337662337662 × 38.5 hours.

Another way is saying that 38.5 hours is equal to 1 ÷ 0.62337662337662 days.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty-eight point five hours is approximately one point six zero four days:

38.5 hr ≅ 1.604 d

An alternative is also that one day is approximately zero point six two three times thirty-eight point five hours.

Conversion table

hours to days chart

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