Conversion formula

The conversion factor from months to years is 0.083333333333333, which means that 1 month is equal to 0.083333333333333 years:

1 mo = 0.083333333333333 yr

To convert 8.5 months into years we have to multiply 8.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from months to years. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mo → 0.083333333333333 yr

8.5 mo → T_(yr)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in years:

T_(yr) = 8.5 mo × 0.083333333333333 yr

T_(yr) = 0.70833333333333 yr

The final result is:

8.5 mo → 0.70833333333333 yr

We conclude that 8.5 months is equivalent to 0.70833333333333 years:

8.5 months = 0.70833333333333 years

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 year is equal to 1.4117647058824 × 8.5 months.

Another way is saying that 8.5 months is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4117647058824 years.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight point five months is approximately zero point seven zero eight years:

8.5 mo ≅ 0.708 yr

An alternative is also that one year is approximately one point four one two times eight point five months.

Conversion table

months to years chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from months to years