Kilometers to Meters - Convert km to m

Kilometers (km) Conversion

A kilometer is a metric unit of length or distance which equals exactly 1000 meters and about 0.62137119 mile, 1093.6133 yards, or 3280.8399 feet. It is an official measurement which signifies geographical distances in most of the world except for the United States (they use the mile). Even huge distances to the farthest galaxies are expressed in kilometers, not in higher multiples of the meter.

Meters (m) Conversion

A meter is the fundamental metric and SI base unit of length equivalent to 100 centimeters or approximately 1.0936133 yards, 3.280840 feet, 39.37 inches. It was originally designed to be designed to be one ten-millionth of a quadrant, the distance between the Equator and the North Pole.