Kilometers to Miles - Convert km to mi

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.

Miles (mi) Conversion

A mile is a common unit of distance (or length) equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, it is also exactly 1609.344 meters as per standard. The mile is used to measure the distance between places in the UK and the US.