Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters per second to kilometers per hour is 3.5999999999971, which means that 1 meter per second is equal to 3.5999999999971 kilometers per hour:

1 m/s = 3.5999999999971 km/h

To convert 500 meters per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from meters per second to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m/s → 3.5999999999971 km/h

500 m/s → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 500 m/s × 3.5999999999971 km/h

V_(km/h) = 1799.9999999986 km/h

The final result is:

500 m/s → 1799.9999999986 km/h

We conclude that 500 meters per second is equivalent to 1799.9999999986 kilometers per hour:

500 meters per second = 1799.9999999986 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.000555555555556 × 500 meters per second.

Another way is saying that 500 meters per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.000555555555556 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred meters per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred kilometers per hour:

500 m/s ≅ 1800 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero one times five hundred meters per second.

Conversion table

meters per second to kilometers per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters per second to kilometers per hour