Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-6, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 1.0E-6 kilometers:

1 mm = 1.0E-6 km

To convert 397 millimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 397 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 1.0E-6 km

397 mm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 397 mm × 1.0E-6 km

L_(km) = 0.000397 km

The final result is:

397 mm → 0.000397 km

We conclude that 397 millimeters is equivalent to 0.000397 kilometers:

397 millimeters = 0.000397 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2518.8916876574 × 397 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 397 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2518.8916876574 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three hundred ninety-seven millimeters is approximately zero kilometers:

397 mm ≅ 0 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two thousand five hundred eighteen point eight nine two times three hundred ninety-seven millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to kilometers chart

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