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 6420 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 6420 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

6420 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 6420 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0642 km

The final result is:

6420 cm → 0.0642 km

We conclude that 6420 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0642 kilometers:

6420 centimeters = 0.0642 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 15.576323987539 × 6420 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 6420 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 15.576323987539 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

6420 cm ≅ 0.064 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifteen point five seven six times six thousand four hundred twenty 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