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 688.5 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 688.5 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

688.5 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 688.5 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.6885 km

The final result is:

688.5 m → 0.6885 km

We conclude that 688.5 meters is equivalent to 0.6885 kilometers:

688.5 meters = 0.6885 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.4524328249818 × 688.5 meters.

Another way is saying that 688.5 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4524328249818 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

688.5 m ≅ 0.689 km

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