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 510.8 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 510.8 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

510.8 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 510.8 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.5108 km

The final result is:

510.8 m → 0.5108 km

We conclude that 510.8 meters is equivalent to 0.5108 kilometers:

510.8 meters = 0.5108 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9577133907596 × 510.8 meters.

Another way is saying that 510.8 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9577133907596 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

510.8 m ≅ 0.511 km

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