Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to kilometers is 0.001, which means that 1 meter is equal to 0.001 kilometers:

1 m = 0.001 km

To convert 408 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 408 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 0.001 km

408 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 408 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.408 km

The final result is:

408 m → 0.408 km

We conclude that 408 meters is equivalent to 0.408 kilometers:

408 meters = 0.408 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.4509803921569 × 408 meters.

Another way is saying that 408 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.4509803921569 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred eight meters is approximately zero point four zero eight kilometers:

408 m ≅ 0.408 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point four five one times four hundred eight meters.

Conversion table

meters to kilometers chart

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