# Distance Converter

Created by Arturo Barrantes
Reviewed by Dominika Śmiałek, MD, PhD candidate
Last updated: Feb 02, 2023

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

As an example:

• 6 km = 6 * 1000 = 6000 m
• 180 cm = 180 / 100 = 1.8 m
1. Imperial / US measurement system

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 in 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:

## FAQ

### 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 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:

1. Choose the initial measurement system. It can be metric, imperial/US, or others.
2. 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.
3. Our calculator will indicate the result immediately in feet, next to other equivalents that you might find helpful.
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