Length and Distance Units Conversion

Length and Distance Units

The length and distance units in this converter tool are the most common length and distance units from the metric and the Imperial measurement systems. To convert all length and distance units, please visit all length conversions.

Metric Length and Distance Units

The metric system base length unit is metre (American spelling is meter). All other metric length units are either the fractions or the multiples of meter (metre). The most frequently used metric length units are meter, centimeter, kilometer and millimeter. The kilometer is the longest metric length unit.

Below is the length conversion factors list to find out how long is a meter compared to other common length units:

1 Meter (Metre) =

• 100 centimeters
• 3.280839895 feet
• 39.3700787 inches
• 0.001 kilometer
• 1000 millimeters
• 0.0006213711922373339 mile
• 1.0936133 yards

For length conversion from meter to other length units, multiply the meter value by the conversion factors.

Imperial and United States Customary Length and Distance Units

The basic unit of length in the Imperial and US Customary systems is the yard, defined as exactly 0.9144 meter by international treaty in 1959. The league is the longest imperial length unit.

Below is the length conversion factors list to find out how long is a mile compared to other common length units:

1 Mile =

• 160934.4 centimeters
• 5280 feet
• 63360 inches
• 1.609344 kilometers
• 1609.344 meters
• 1609344 millimeters
• 1760 yards

For length conversion from mile to other length units, multiply the mile value with the conversion factors.

Below is a quick reference list of conversion factors for the most frequently used length units in the length converter and the links to the popular length converters and the tables for more information.

Centimeter (Centimetre) Conversion:

• 1 centimeter = 0.0328 foot → cm to feet and inches
• 1 centimeter = 0.3937 inch → cm to inches
• 1 centimeter = 0.00001 kilometer
• 1 centimeter = 0.01 meter → cm to meters
• 1 centimeter = 10 millimeters → cm to millimeters,
  → millimeters to cm
• 1 centimeter = 10000000 nanometers → cm to nanometers
• 1 centimeter = 0.0109361 yard

Foot Conversion:

• 1 foot = 30.48 centimeters → feet to centimeters
• 1 foot = 12 inches → feet to inches
• 1 foot = 0.0003048 kilometer
• 1 foot = 0.3048 meter → feet to meters
• 1 foot = 304.8 millimeters
• 1 foot = 0.333 yard

Inch Conversion:

• 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters → inches to centimeters
• 1 inch = 0.0833 foot → inches to feet
• 1 inch = 0.0254 meter
• 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters → inches to millimeters,
  → millimeters to inches
• 1 inch = 0.0277 yard

Kilometer (Kilometre) Conversion:

• 1 kilometer = 100 000 centimeters
• 1 kilometer = 3280.83 foot
• 1 kilometer = 1000 meters → kilometers to meters
• 1 kilometer = 0.6214 mile → kilometers to miles
• 1 kilometer = 1093.6 yards

Meter (Metre) Conversion:

• 1 meter = 100 centimeters → meters to centimeters
• 1 meter = 3.28 feet → meters to feet
• 1 meter = 39.37 inches → meters to inches
• 1 meter = 0.001 kilometer
• 1 meter = 1000000000 nanometers → meters to nanometers
• 1 meter = 1.0936 yards → meters to yards

Mile Conversion:

• 1 mile = 5280 feet → miles to feet
• 1 mile = 63 360 inches
• 1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers → miles to kilometers
• 1 mile = 1609.34 meters → miles to meters
• 1 mile = 1760 yards → miles to yards
• 1 mile = 8 furlongs → miles to furlongs

Yard Conversion:

• 1 yard = 91.44 centimeters
• 1 yard = 3 feet → yards to feet
• 1 yard = 36 inches → yards to feet to inches
• 1 yard = 0.9144 meter → yards to meters