Conversion formula

The conversion factor from months to years is 0.083333333333333, which means that 1 month is equal to 0.083333333333333 years:

1 mo = 0.083333333333333 yr

To convert 48 months into years we have to multiply 48 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from months to years. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mo → 0.083333333333333 yr

48 mo → T_(yr)

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

T_(yr) = 48 mo × 0.083333333333333 yr

T_(yr) = 4 yr

The final result is:

48 mo → 4 yr

We conclude that 48 months is equivalent to 4 years:

48 months = 4 years

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 year is equal to 0.25 × 48 months.

Another way is saying that 48 months is equal to 1 ÷ 0.25 years.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-eight months is approximately four years:

48 mo ≅ 4 yr

An alternative is also that one year is approximately zero point two five times forty-eight months.

Conversion table

months to years chart

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