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 997.3 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 997.3 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

997.3 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 997.3 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.9973 km

The final result is:

997.3 m → 0.9973 km

We conclude that 997.3 meters is equivalent to 0.9973 kilometers:

997.3 meters = 0.9973 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.0027073097363 × 997.3 meters.

Another way is saying that 997.3 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0027073097363 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

997.3 m ≅ 0.997 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point zero zero three times nine hundred ninety-seven point three 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