Convert Decimetres to Meters
1 decimetre is 0.1 m. One decimetre is exactly 0.1 meters.
One decimetre is 0.1 meters. To convert decimetres to meters, multiply by 0.1; to go the other way, divide by 0.1 or multiply by 10. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST. A tenth of a metre.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Decimetres × 0.1
1 * 0.10.1 m
1 decimetre in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 3.937007874 in | × 3.93700787402 |
| feet | 0.3280839895 ft | × 0.328083989501 |
| yards | 0.1093613298 yd | × 0.109361329834 |
| miles | 0.00006213711922 mi | × 0.0000621371192237 |
| millimeters | 100 mm | × 100 |
| decimetres (as entered) | 1 dm | — |
| centimeters | 10 cm | × 10 |
| meters | 0.1 m | × 0.1 |
| kilometers | 0.0001 km | × 0.0001 |
| nautical miles | 0.00005399568035 nmi | × 0.0000539956803456 |
| micrometers | 100,000 µm | × 100,000 |
| nanometers | 100,000,000 nm | × 100,000,000 |
| thou | 3,937.007874 thou | × 3,937.00787402 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: decimetres to metres is the British spelling of the same units — the metre and the litre are spelled that way outside the United States and the quantity does not change.
How do you convert decimetres to meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in decimetres.
- 2.Multiply by 0.1 — that is how many meters fit in one decimetre.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.1, or multiply by 10.
Worked example: 25 decimetres to meters
- Formula
- dm × 0.1 = m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.1 = 2.5 m
- Answer
- 25 dm = 2.5 m
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Decimetres to meters conversion table
| Decimetres | Meters |
|---|---|
| 1 dm | 0.1 m |
| 2 dm | 0.2 m |
| 3 dm | 0.3 m |
| 4 dm | 0.4 m |
| 5 dm | 0.5 m |
| 6 dm | 0.6 m |
| 7 dm | 0.7 m |
| 8 dm | 0.8 m |
| 9 dm | 0.9 m |
| 10 dm | 1 m |
| 12 dm | 1.2 m |
| 15 dm | 1.5 m |
| 20 dm | 2 m |
| 25 dm | 2.5 m |
| 50 dm | 5 m |
| 100 dm | 10 m |
| 200 dm | 20 m |
| 300 dm | 30 m |
| 500 dm | 50 m |
| 1000 dm | 100 m |
| 2000 dm | 200 m |
| 5000 dm | 500 m |
| 10000 dm | 1,000 m |
What is a decimetre?
A tenth of a metre. Rare in speech and unavoidable in definitions: the litre is a cubic decimetre, which is where the millilitre and the cubic centimetre meet.
What is a meter?
The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
How many meters are in a decimetre?
One decimetre is 0.1 meters, exactly. Going the other way, one meter is 10 decimetres. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every length unit here
The whole group — 13 units with their symbols and the size of each one in meters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a decimetre.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many meters are in a decimetre?
- 0.1. The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- How do I convert meters back to decimetres?
- Divide by 0.1, or multiply by 10 — they are the same operation.
Other length conversions
Meters to decimetres — the same conversion the other way.