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 999 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 999 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

999 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 999 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.999 km

The final result is:

999 m → 0.999 km

We conclude that 999 meters is equivalent to 0.999 kilometers:

999 meters = 0.999 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.001001001001 × 999 meters.

Another way is saying that 999 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.001001001001 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

999 m ≅ 0.999 km

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