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 8585 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 8585 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

8585 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8585 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 8.585 km

The final result is:

8585 m → 8.585 km

We conclude that 8585 meters is equivalent to 8.585 kilometers:

8585 meters = 8.585 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.11648223645894 × 8585 meters.

Another way is saying that 8585 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.11648223645894 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8585 m ≅ 8.585 km

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