Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to kilometers is 0.0001, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 dm = 0.0001 km

To convert 588 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 588 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.0001 km

588 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 588 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0588 km

The final result is:

588 dm → 0.0588 km

We conclude that 588 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0588 kilometers:

588 decimeters = 0.0588 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 17.006802721088 × 588 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 588 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 17.006802721088 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

588 dm ≅ 0.059 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seventeen point zero zero seven times five hundred eighty-eight decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to kilometers chart

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