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 509 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 509 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

509 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 509 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.509 km

The final result is:

509 m → 0.509 km

We conclude that 509 meters is equivalent to 0.509 kilometers:

509 meters = 0.509 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9646365422397 × 509 meters.

Another way is saying that 509 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9646365422397 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

509 m ≅ 0.509 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine six five times five hundred nine 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