Kilometer to Centimeter (km to cm)
Result
100,000 Centimeter
Formula
cm = km × 100,000
1 km = 100,000 cm, and 1 cm = 0.00001 km.
The metre is the SI base unit, defined by the speed of light. Since the 1959 international yard and pound agreement the imperial and US customary units are defined exactly in metres: 1 yard = 0.9144 m, so 1 foot = 0.3048 m, 1 inch = 2.54 cm and 1 mile = 1,609.344 m.
Worked examples
- 1 km × 100,000 = 100,000 cm
- 10 km × 100,000 = 1,000,000 cm
- 100 km × 100,000 = 10,000,000 cm
Common mistakes
- Decimal feet are not feet-and-inches: 5.75 ft is 5 ft 9 in, not 5 ft 7.5 in. Split off the whole feet and multiply the remainder by 12.
- A nautical mile (1,852 m) is about 15% longer than a statute mile (1,609.344 m). Knots and sea charts use nautical miles.
- The US survey foot (1200/3937 m) differs from the international foot by 2 parts per million. It was retired from official US use at the end of 2022 but still appears in older land records.
Kilometer to Centimeter table
| Kilometer (km) | Centimeter (cm) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100,000 |
| 2 | 200,000 |
| 5 | 500,000 |
| 10 | 1,000,000 |
| 20 | 2,000,000 |
| 50 | 5,000,000 |
| 100 | 10,000,000 |
| 1,000 | 100,000,000 |
The units
- Kilometer (km)
- 1,000 metres. Road distances and speed limits in most of the world use kilometres.
- Centimeter (cm)
- One hundredth of a metre (0.01 m). Common for body height and clothing sizes.
Sources for these factors
- The International System of Units (SI Brochure), 9th edition — BIPM
- Handbook 44 (2024), Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurement — NIST
- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811), Appendix B: conversion factors — NIST
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