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 6371 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 6371 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

6371 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 6371 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.6371 km

The final result is:

6371 dm → 0.6371 km

We conclude that 6371 decimeters is equivalent to 0.6371 kilometers:

6371 decimeters = 0.6371 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.5696123057605 × 6371 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 6371 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.5696123057605 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that six thousand three hundred seventy-one decimeters is approximately zero point six three seven kilometers:

6371 dm ≅ 0.637 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point five seven times six thousand three hundred seventy-one 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