Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers to meters is 1000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters:
1 km = 1000 m
To convert 1 kilometer into meters we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km → 1000 m
1 km → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 1 km × 1000 m
L(m) = 1000 m
The final result is:
1 km → 1000 m
We conclude that 1 kilometer is equivalent to 1000 meters:
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.001 × 1 kilometer.
Another way is saying that 1 kilometer is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one kilometer is approximately one thousand meters:
1 km ≅ 1000 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one kilometer.
Conversion table
kilometers to meters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to meters
kilometers (km) | meters (m) |
---|---|
2 kilometers | 2000 meters |
3 kilometers | 3000 meters |
4 kilometers | 4000 meters |
5 kilometers | 5000 meters |
6 kilometers | 6000 meters |
7 kilometers | 7000 meters |
8 kilometers | 8000 meters |
9 kilometers | 9000 meters |
10 kilometers | 10000 meters |
11 kilometers | 11000 meters |