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 488 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 488 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

488 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 488 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.488 km

The final result is:

488 m → 0.488 km

We conclude that 488 meters is equivalent to 0.488 kilometers:

488 meters = 0.488 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0491803278689 × 488 meters.

Another way is saying that 488 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0491803278689 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

488 m ≅ 0.488 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero four nine times four hundred eighty-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