Convert kilometer to meter instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected km values converted to m using the exact factor from this tool.
| km | m |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 10 |
| 0.1 | 100 |
| 1 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 2,000 |
| 3 | 3,000 |
| 5 | 5,000 |
| 10 | 10,000 |
| 20 | 20,000 |
| 50 | 50,000 |
| 100 | 100,000 |
| 1,000 | 1,000,000 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 km = 1000 m
1 m = 0.001 km
To convert kilometer to meter, multiply by 1000.
To convert meter to kilometer, multiply by 0.001.
Example: convert 5 km to m
5 × 1000 = 5000 m
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
A kilometer is one thousand meters — a practical scale for longer distances such as travel routes and geographic features.
Kilometers are the default unit on maps and vehicle odometers outside the United States, and in athletics for race distances.
The meter is the SI base unit of length, defined by the distance light travels in a vacuum in a fixed fraction of a second.
Meters appear on road signs in most countries, in science and engineering, and anywhere the metric system is standard for measuring distance.
m = km × 1,000km = m × 0.001, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any length conversion starting from kilometer — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.