Meters to Kilometers (m to km)

How to convert meters to kilometers

Divide the meters by 1,000:

kilometers = meters ÷ 1,000

Dividing by 1,000 moves the decimal point three places to the left:

Count the zeros when you are unsure: 1,000 m has three, so it is 1 km; 100 m has two, so it is a tenth of a kilometer, 0.1 km; 10 m is a hundredth, 0.01 km. To go the other way, multiply by 1,000, or use the kilometers to meters converter, which also counts track laps.

Meters to kilometers chart

To convert a list — the splits of a workout, the legs of a route — open Convert a list of values and paste the meters one per line.

Swimming distances in km and miles

Pools in the U.S. are often 25 yards, while long-course pools and open-water races are in meters:

Meters on signs and in apps

Outside the U.S., short distances on road signs are given in meters and longer ones in kilometers: Exit 500 m is half a kilometer, about a third of a mile, and Next services 25 km is 15.5 miles. Navigation and fitness apps switch the same way, showing meters up to about 1 km and kilometers after that. Elevation on maps and trail signs stays in meters even for large values — a pass at 2,400 m is 2.4 km above sea level, or 7,874 ft.

Meters, kilometers and miles

The result shows miles and feet next to kilometers, so a metric distance is easy to place: 800 m is 0.497 mile (just under half a mile) and 3,000 m is 1.864 miles. For miles as the main answer, see meters to miles; for feet, meters to feet.