Convert Kilometers to Miles
42.2 kilometers is 26.22 mi. One kilometer is exactly 0.621371192237 miles.
42.2 kilometers is 26.221864 miles, because one kilometer is 0.62137119 miles. To convert kilometers to miles, multiply by 0.62137119; to go the other way, divide by 0.62137119 or multiply by 1.609344. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST. One thousand meters, and about 0.621 miles.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Kilometers × 0.62137119
42.2 * 0.621371226.222 mi
42.2 kilometers in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 1,661,417.323 in | × 39,370.0787402 |
| feet | 138,451.4436 ft | × 3,280.83989501 |
| yards | 46,150.48119 yd | × 1,093.61329834 |
| miles | 26.22186431 mi | × 0.621371192237 |
| millimeters | 42,200,000 mm | × 1,000,000 |
| decimetres | 422,000 dm | × 10,000 |
| centimeters | 4,220,000 cm | × 100,000 |
| meters | 42,200 m | × 1,000 |
| kilometers (as entered) | 42.2 km | — |
| nautical miles | 22.78617711 nmi | × 0.539956803456 |
| micrometers | 42,200,000,000 µm | × 1,000,000,000 |
| nanometers | 42,200,000,000,000 nm | × 1,000,000,000,000 |
| thou | 1,661,417,323 thou | × 39,370,078.7402 |
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: kilometres to miles 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 kilometers to miles? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in kilometers.
- 2.Multiply by 0.62137119 — that is how many miles fit in one kilometer.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.62137119, or multiply by 1.609344.
Worked example: 25 kilometers to miles
- Formula
- km × 0.62137119 = mi
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.62137119 = 15.53 mi
- Answer
- 25 km = 15.53 mi
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Kilometers to miles conversion table
| Kilometers | Miles |
|---|---|
| 1 km | 0.62 mi |
| 2 km | 1.24 mi |
| 3 km | 1.86 mi |
| 4 km | 2.49 mi |
| 5 km | 3.11 mi |
| 6 km | 3.73 mi |
| 7 km | 4.35 mi |
| 8 km | 4.97 mi |
| 9 km | 5.59 mi |
| 10 km | 6.21 mi |
| 12 km | 7.46 mi |
| 15 km | 9.32 mi |
| 20 km | 12.43 mi |
| 25 km | 15.53 mi |
| 50 km | 31.07 mi |
| 100 km | 62.14 mi |
| 200 km | 124.27 mi |
| 300 km | 186.41 mi |
| 500 km | 310.69 mi |
| 1000 km | 621.37 mi |
| 2000 km | 1,242.74 mi |
| 5000 km | 3,106.86 mi |
| 10000 km | 6,213.71 mi |
A nautical mile is a different mile
The statute mile on this page is exactly 1.609344 km. The nautical mile, used in air and sea navigation, is exactly 1,852 m — fifteen per cent longer — and it was defined as one minute of arc along a meridian. A speed in knots is nautical miles per hour, so 30 knots is 34.5 mph rather than 30.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is a kilometer?
One thousand meters, and about 0.621 miles.
What is a mile?
Exactly 5,280 feet — a survivor of the Roman mille passus, rounded up by an English statute of 1593.
How many miles are in a kilometer?
One kilometer is 0.62137119 miles. Going the other way, one mile is 1.609344 kilometers. 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 kilometer.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many miles are in a kilometer?
- 0.62137119. Exactly 5,280 feet — a survivor of the Roman mille passus, rounded up by an English statute of 1593.
- How do I convert miles back to kilometers?
- Divide by 0.62137119, or multiply by 1.609344 — they are the same operation.
The values people look up
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Other length conversions
Miles to kilometers — the same conversion the other way.