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 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 580 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 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 580 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0058 km

The final result is:

580 cm → 0.0058 km

We conclude that 580 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0058 kilometers:

580 centimeters = 0.0058 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 172.41379310345 × 580 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 580 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 172.41379310345 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

580 cm ≅ 0.006 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred seventy-two point four one four times five hundred eighty 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