Convert Meters to Centimeters
1 meter is 100 cm. One meter is exactly 100 centimeters.
One meter is 100 centimeters. To convert meters to centimeters, multiply by 100; to go the other way, divide by 100 or multiply by 0.01. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST. The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Meters × 100
1 * 100100 cm
1 meter in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 39.37007874 in | × 39.3700787402 |
| feet | 3.280839895 ft | × 3.28083989501 |
| yards | 1.093613298 yd | × 1.09361329834 |
| miles | 0.0006213711922 mi | × 0.000621371192237 |
| millimeters | 1,000 mm | × 1,000 |
| decimetres | 10 dm | × 10 |
| centimeters | 100 cm | × 100 |
| meters (as entered) | 1 m | — |
| kilometers | 0.001 km | × 0.001 |
| nautical miles | 0.0005399568035 nmi | × 0.000539956803456 |
| micrometers | 1,000,000 µm | × 1,000,000 |
| nanometers | 1,000,000,000 nm | × 1,000,000,000 |
| thou | 39,370.07874 thou | × 39,370.0787402 |
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: metres to centimetres 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 meters to centimeters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in meters.
- 2.Multiply by 100 — that is how many centimeters fit in one meter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 100, or multiply by 0.01.
Worked example: 25 meters to centimeters
- Formula
- m × 100 = cm
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 100 = 2,500 cm
- Answer
- 25 m = 2,500 cm
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Meters to centimeters conversion table
| Meters | Centimeters |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 100 cm |
| 2 m | 200 cm |
| 3 m | 300 cm |
| 4 m | 400 cm |
| 5 m | 500 cm |
| 6 m | 600 cm |
| 7 m | 700 cm |
| 8 m | 800 cm |
| 9 m | 900 cm |
| 10 m | 1,000 cm |
| 12 m | 1,200 cm |
| 15 m | 1,500 cm |
| 20 m | 2,000 cm |
| 25 m | 2,500 cm |
| 50 m | 5,000 cm |
| 100 m | 10,000 cm |
| 200 m | 20,000 cm |
| 300 m | 30,000 cm |
| 500 m | 50,000 cm |
| 1000 m | 100,000 cm |
| 2000 m | 200,000 cm |
| 5000 m | 500,000 cm |
| 10000 m | 1,000,000 cm |
What is a meter?
The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
What is a centimeter?
One hundredth of a meter, and the unit most of the world states height in.
How many centimeters are in a meter?
One meter is 100 centimeters, exactly. Going the other way, one centimeter is 0.01 meters. 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 meter.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many centimeters are in a meter?
- 100. One hundredth of a meter, and the unit most of the world states height in.
- How do I convert centimeters back to meters?
- Divide by 100, or multiply by 0.01 — they are the same operation.
Other length conversions
Centimeters to meters — the same conversion the other way.