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 497 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 497 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

497 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 497 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.497 km

The final result is:

497 m → 0.497 km

We conclude that 497 meters is equivalent to 0.497 kilometers:

497 meters = 0.497 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0120724346076 × 497 meters.

Another way is saying that 497 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0120724346076 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

497 m ≅ 0.497 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero one two times four hundred ninety-seven 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