Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-5, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0E-5 kilometers:

1 cm = 1.0E-5 km

To convert 580.8 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 580.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 1.0E-5 km

580.8 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 580.8 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.005808 km

The final result is:

580.8 cm → 0.005808 km

We conclude that 580.8 centimeters is equivalent to 0.005808 kilometers:

580.8 centimeters = 0.005808 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 172.17630853994 × 580.8 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 580.8 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 172.17630853994 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

580.8 cm ≅ 0.006 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred seventy-two point one seven six times five hundred eighty point eight centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from centimeters to kilometers