Miles to kilometres
One mile is 1.609344 kilometres.
1 mile = 1.609344 kilometres · 1 kilometre = 0.6213711922 miles
This factor is exact, not rounded. It comes from the definition of the units rather than from a measurement, so the only limit on precision is how many digits are worth showing.
Miles to kilometres table
| Miles (mi) | Kilometres (km) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1.609344 |
| 2 | 3.218688 |
| 3 | 4.828032 |
| 5 | 8.04672 |
| 10 | 16.09344 |
| 20 | 32.18688 |
| 25 | 40.2336 |
| 50 | 80.4672 |
| 100 | 160.9344 |
| 500 | 804.672 |
| 1,000 | 1,609.344 |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 1.609344 to go from miles to kilometres, or by 0.6213711922 to go back the other way. Both figures are exact rather than rounded: they follow from the definitions of the units, not from anybody measuring something.
The exactness is more interesting than it sounds. Since the International Yard and Pound Agreement of 1959, the inch has been defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and the pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms. Every other imperial length and weight follows from those two by whole-number ratios, which means the imperial system is now defined in terms of the metric one rather than alongside it.