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Reference sheet

Length conversion chart

Metres, feet, inches, miles and more. Factors are given to 7 significant figures; open the converter for full precision and the worked solution.

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Conversion factors to metres (m)
UnitIn m1 m in unit
metre (m)1 m1 m
kilometre (km)1,000 m0.001 km
centimetre (cm)0.01 m100 cm
millimetre (mm)0.001 m1,000 mm
micrometre (µm)0.000001 m1,000,000 µm
nanometre (nm) m1,000,000,000 nm
inch (in)0.0254 m39.37008 in
foot (ft)0.3048 m3.28084 ft
yard (yd)0.9144 m1.093613 yd
mile (mi)1,609.344 m0.0006213712 mi
nautical mile (nmi)1,852 m0.0005399568 nmi
mil (thou) (mil)0.0000254 m39,370.08 mil
US survey foot (ft (US survey))0.3048006 m3.280833 ft (US survey)
astronomical unit (au)149,597,900,000 m au
light-year (ly) m ly
ångström (Å) m10,000,000,000 Å
cm → in
cmin
0.1 cm0.03937008 in
0.5 cm0.1968504 in
1 cm0.3937008 in
2 cm0.7874016 in
5 cm1.968504 in
10 cm3.937008 in
20 cm7.874016 in
25 cm9.84252 in
50 cm19.68504 in
100 cm39.37008 in
250 cm98.4252 in
500 cm196.8504 in
1,000 cm393.7008 in
in → cm
incm
0.1 in0.254 cm
0.5 in1.27 cm
1 in2.54 cm
2 in5.08 cm
5 in12.7 cm
10 in25.4 cm
20 in50.8 cm
25 in63.5 cm
50 in127 cm
100 in254 cm
250 in635 cm
500 in1,270 cm
1,000 in2,540 cm

Formula: in = cm ÷ 2.54

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Unitglide · unitglide.app/reference/length · Factors from NIST SP 811, NIST Handbook 44 and the BIPM SI Brochure (9th ed.). Values rounded to 7 significant figures unless exact.