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Convert Miles per hour to Metres per second

1 mile per hour is 0.44704 m/s. One mile per hour is exactly 0.44704 metres per second.

One mile per hour is 0.44704 metres per second. To convert miles per hour to metres per second, multiply by 0.44704; to go the other way, divide by 0.44704 or multiply by 2.2369363. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. Exactly 0.44704 m/s, because a mile is exactly 1,609.344 metres.

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Metres per second
0.44704 m/s
Miles per hour × 0.44704
value * 0.447040.447 m/s

1 mile per hour in every speed unit

UnitValueExact factor
metres per second0.44704 m/s× 0.44704
kilometres per hour1.609344 km/h× 1.609344
miles per hour (as entered)1 mph
knots0.8689762419 kn× 0.868976241901
feet per second1.466666667 ft/s× 1.46666666667

Factors are entered by hand from NIST Special Publication 811 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert miles per hour to metres per second?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in miles per hour.
  2. 2.Multiply by 0.44704 — that is how many metres per second fit in one mile per hour.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.44704, or multiply by 2.2369363.

Miles per hour to metres per second conversion table

Miles per hourMetres per second
1 mph0.44704 m/s
2 mph0.89408 m/s
3 mph1.34112 m/s
4 mph1.78816 m/s
5 mph2.2352 m/s
6 mph2.68224 m/s
7 mph3.12928 m/s
8 mph3.57632 m/s
9 mph4.02336 m/s
10 mph4.4704 m/s
12 mph5.36448 m/s
15 mph6.7056 m/s
20 mph8.9408 m/s
25 mph11.176 m/s
50 mph22.352 m/s
100 mph44.704 m/s

What are miles per hour and metres per second?

Mile per hour (mph)
Exactly 0.44704 m/s, because a mile is exactly 1,609.344 metres. US and UK road speeds.
Metre per second (m/s)
The SI unit of speed, and the one physics is done in. A brisk walk is about 1.4 m/s.

Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — conversion factors for speed

Questions people actually ask

How many metres per second are in a mile per hour?
0.44704. The SI unit of speed, and the one physics is done in. A brisk walk is about 1.4 m/s.
How do I convert metres per second back to miles per hour?
Divide by 0.44704, or multiply by 2.2369363 — they are the same operation.

Other speed conversions

Metres per second to miles per hour — the same conversion the other way.

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