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 589 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 589 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

589 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 589 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0589 km

The final result is:

589 dm → 0.0589 km

We conclude that 589 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0589 kilometers:

589 decimeters = 0.0589 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 16.977928692699 × 589 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 589 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 16.977928692699 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

589 dm ≅ 0.059 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixteen point nine seven eight times five hundred eighty-nine 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