Last updated: Jul 04, 2024

Distance Converter

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Distance conversion table Distance conversion chart Inch and meter definition Other helpful tools beyond the distance calculator FAQs

This distance converter calculator is an awesome tool that enables quick conversion between distance units in both imperial and metric, including twenty different units of distance measurement:

ångström (Å)
picometers (pm)
nanometers (nm)
micrometers (μm)
millimeters(mm)
centimeters (cm)
decimeters (dm)
meters (m)
meters and centimeters
kilometers (km)

thousandths of an inch (mil / thou)
inches (in)
feet (ft)
feet and inches
yards (yd)
miles (mi)

This distance conversion calculator returns the input you added in each of the units shown above, in real time.

Distance conversion table

To find out what the conversion factors are between nine popular distance units, check out the following distance conversion table:

	millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	foot / feet (ft)	yard (yd)	mile (mi)	nautical mile (nmi)
1 millimeter (mm)	1	0.1	0.001	0.000001	0.03937	0.003281	0.0010936	6.214E-07	0.00000054
1 centimeter (cm)	10	1	0.01	0.00001	0.3937	0.03281	0.010936	0.000006214	0.0000054
1 meter (m)	1000	100	1	0.001	39.37	3.281	1.0936	0.0006214	0.00054
1 kilometer (km)	1000000	100000	1000	1	39370	3281	1093.6	0.6214	0.54
1 inch (in)	25.4	2.54	0.0254	0.0000254	1	0.08333	0.02778	0.000015783	0.000013715
1 foot / feet (ft)	304.8	30.48	0.3048	0.0003048	12	1	0.33333	0.0001894	0.00016458
1 yard (yd)	914.4	91.44	0.9144	0.0009144	36	3	1	0.0005682	0.0004937
1 mile (mi)	1609344	160934	1609.3	1.6093	63360	5280	1760	1	0.869
1 nautical mile (nmi)	1852000	185200	1852	1.852	72913	6076	2025.4	1.1508	1

Distance conversion chart

Now, we are going to explain how to quickly convert different units from the same system; check out the following distance conversion pictures:

1. Metric measurement system

length conversion chart - metric system. Km to m to cm to mm.

As an example:

6 km = 6 × 1000 = 6000 m
180 cm = 180 / 100 = 1.8 m

2. Imperial / US measurement system

length conversion chart - imperial system. Mi to yd to ft to in.

For instance:

5 yd = 5 × 3 = 15 ft
144 in = 144 / 12 = 12 ft

You can verify them all in our distance converter calculator.

Inch and meter definition

An inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters.

$\footnotesize \rm {1 \ in = 2.54 \ cm}$

One inch is also equal to 1⁄36 yard, 1⁄12 of a foot, or 1⁄63360 of a mile. Check it in our distance conversion calculator.

On the other hand, the meter definition changed as scientific methods of measuring developed. Now it's defined as the distance of the path traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

Other helpful tools beyond the distance calculator

Besides of our distance converter calculator, here we want to mention other length related calculators you could find useful:

FAQs

How many feet are in one meter?

There are 3.281 feet in one meter. The biggest building in the world (2022) is 2716.5 feet tall, 828 meters. You can verify it with our distance converter calculator.

How many kilometers are in one mile?

There are 1.6093 kilometers in 1 mile. The current record Guinness of 24 hours running is 309 kilometers, which, by using our distance conversion tool, is 192 miles.

How to calculate distance conversion?

Follow the next steps for using our distance converter calculator:

Choose the initial measurement system. It can be metric, imperial/US, or others.
Input the measure you want to convert. Let's imagine you want to convert 10 meters to feet. So type 10 in the meter section of the tool.
Our calculator will indicate the result immediately in feet, next to other equivalents that you might find helpful.