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 589 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 589 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

589 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 589 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.589 km

The final result is:

589 m → 0.589 km

We conclude that 589 meters is equivalent to 0.589 kilometers:

589 meters = 0.589 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.6977928692699 × 589 meters.

Another way is saying that 589 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.6977928692699 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 meters is approximately zero point five eight nine kilometers:

589 m ≅ 0.589 km

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