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 498.4 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 498.4 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

498.4 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 498.4 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.4984 km

The final result is:

498.4 m → 0.4984 km

We conclude that 498.4 meters is equivalent to 0.4984 kilometers:

498.4 meters = 0.4984 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0064205457464 × 498.4 meters.

Another way is saying that 498.4 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0064205457464 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

498.4 m ≅ 0.498 km

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