In 1 centimeters there are 0.0000100000 kilometers. Meanwhile in 1 kilometers there are 100,000 centimeters. Keep reading to learn more about each unit of measure and how they are calculated. Or just use the Kilometers to Centimeters calculator above to convert any number.
* Values rounded to 6 decimal places for readability
To convert centimeters (cm) to kilometers (km), use the base metric link: 1 km = 100,000 cm.
Example:
This centimeters to kilometers conversion works because the meter and kilometer are fixed in the metric system, so the cm-to-km ratio stays constant.
There are 100,000 centimeters (cm) in 1 kilometer (km).
That’s because 1 km equals 1,000 meters, and each meter equals 100 cm.
To convert centimeters to kilometers, divide the number of centimeters by 100,000.
Formula: km = cm ÷ 100,000
Move the decimal point 5 places to the left.
This works because 100,000 has five zeros.
1 cm = 0.00001 km
That’s one hundred-thousandth of a kilometer.
10 cm = 0.0001 km
You divide 10 by 100,000.
100 cm = 0.001 km
Since 100 cm is 1 meter, it equals 0.001 km.
1,000 cm = 0.01 km
That equals 10 meters, or one hundredth of a kilometer.
10,000 cm = 0.1 km
That equals 100 meters, or one tenth of a kilometer.
100,000 cm = 1 km
This is the key conversion point to remember.
Centimeters are much smaller than kilometers.
It takes 100,000 cm to make 1 km, so dividing shrinks the number into kilometers.
Yes. You can convert in two steps:
m = cm ÷ 100 km = m ÷ 1,000km = cm ÷ 100,000.Multiply kilometers by 100,000.
Formula: cm = km × 100,000
Yes. Both cm and km are metric units.
They measure length using powers of 10, which makes conversions consistent.
A centimeter is a small unit used for short lengths.
A kilometer is a large unit used for long distances.
1 km equals 100,000 cm, so km is much larger.
Use cm for items like a book, a table, or body height.
Use km for distances like a drive across town or a running route.
The Calculate Box tool to convert centimeters to kilometers uses the open source script Convert.js to convert units of measurement. To use this tool, simply type a centimeters value in the box and have it instantly converted to kilometers.