Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 478 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 478 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

478 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 478 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.4370832 km

The final result is:

478 yd → 0.4370832 km

We conclude that 478 yards is equivalent to 0.4370832 kilometers:

478 yards = 0.4370832 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.2878939295768 × 478 yards.

Another way is saying that 478 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2878939295768 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

478 yd ≅ 0.437 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point two eight eight times four hundred seventy-eight yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

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