Miles to Kilometers Converter

1. How many Kilometers equal one Mile?
2. Difference between Miles and Kilometers
3. How to convert Miles to Kilometers
4. miles to km conversion table

    How many Kilometers equal one Mile?

Exactly 1.609344 kilometers equal one mile, and this follows from the definition of a mile as 5280 feet, of a feet as 0.3044 meters, and of a kilometer as 1,000 meters and making the necessary mathematical operations. These are internationally agreed upon unit definitions established by treaty in 1959. The internationally recognized symbol for mile is "mi", and "km" for kilometer.

    Difference between Miles and Kilometers

The mile and the kilometer are both units used for measuring distances of comparable magnitude, e.g. distances one would travel by car, truck, train, or plane. The difference is that the mile is a part of the imperial system while the kilometer is a part of the modern metric system. The kilometer is used in most countries in the world, while miles are only used in several countries like the US and the UK, and their territories.

Miles have a long history, for example we know of the Roman mile back in the days of the Roman Empire. At different times and in different places there were different definitions of the mile and it equaled different distances, e.g. Italian mile, English mile, Scot mile, Irish mile.

    How to convert Miles to Kilometers

To convert miles to kilometers, you need to simply multiply by 1.609344. This mathematical operation is usually hard to do, so calculators are employed when one needs to do a conversion. The conversion of distance in miles to a distance in kilometers is easier with our online converter above, which also have a quick copy function.

Miles to km conversion example

Sample task: convert 3 miles to kilometers. Solution:

Formula:
miles * 1.609344 = km
Calculation:
3 miles * 1.6093 = 4.828032 km
End result:
3 miles is equal to 4.828032 km

    miles to km conversion table