Miles to Meters (mi to m)

How to convert miles to meters

Multiply the miles by 1,609.344:

m = mi × 1,609.344

2.5 mi × 1,609.344 = 4,023.36 m. The factor is exact: since 1959 the international yard is 0.9144 m, and a mile is 1,760 yards. The result also shows kilometers and feet. To go the other way, divide meters by 1,609.344.

Miles to meters chart

Race distances

Track and road races mix the two units:

U.S. high school tracks race 1,600 meters — four laps of a 400-meter track — which is 9.344 meters, about 30 feet, short of a full mile. The “metric mile” of 1,500 meters is shorter still. A road marathon is measured as exactly 42.195 km; “26.2 miles” is a rounding, about 54 meters short.

Pace per mile and per kilometer

Running watches and treadmills show pace either per mile or per kilometer. Because a mile is 1.609 km, a pace per mile is 1.609 times the pace per kilometer: 5:00 per kilometer is 8:03 per mile, and 8:00 per mile is 4:58 per kilometer. On a track, one mile is four 400-meter laps plus 9.3 meters, so a runner timing 1,600 meters can add about two seconds at an easy pace to estimate the mile. To convert a list of splits or distances, open Convert a list of values and paste them one per line.

Miles, kilometers and meters

A kilometer is 1,000 meters, so a mile is 1.609344 km. For kilometers as the main answer, see miles to km; for the reverse, meters to miles. Mileage on maps and car odometers, meters on tracks and in science: a quick estimate is 1.6 km or 1,600 m per mile, accurate to 0.6%. For yards and feet, use yards to miles and feet to miles.

Nautical and survey miles

This converter uses the statute mile. A nautical mile, used at sea and in the air, is exactly 1,852 meters. The U.S. survey mile, retired at the end of 2022, was 1,609.347 meters — 3.2 millimeters longer, a difference that only mattered over long land surveys.