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 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 498 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 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 498 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.498 km

The final result is:

498 m → 0.498 km

We conclude that 498 meters is equivalent to 0.498 kilometers:

498 meters = 0.498 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0080321285141 × 498 meters.

Another way is saying that 498 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0080321285141 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 meters is approximately zero point four nine eight kilometers:

498 m ≅ 0.498 km

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