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Length unit converter

Choose an input unit and an output unit to convert length. The calculation uses the scale factors shown below.

How to convert length units

Millimetres × 0.001 ÷ 0.01 = Centimetres. Factors are relative to metres.

Multiply your input by its scale factor, then divide by the output unit’s factor. All factors below are expressed in metres per one unit. Some factors have been rounded to the precision shown.

UnitFactor in metres
Millimetres0.001
Centimetres0.01
Metres1
Kilometres1000
Inches0.0254
Feet0.3048
Yards0.9144
Miles1609.344
Nautical miles1852
Micrometres0.000001
Nanometres1e-9
Furlongs201.168

Conventions

These are scale conversions within a single measurement dimension. They do not convert between different physical quantities.

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