Miles to Kilometres Conversion
Distance conversions are always useful when driving or travelling in countries that don't use the same distance measurement system as you do in your home country, for example British or American citizens driving in continental Europe or Europeans driving in the UK.
The conversion tables offer a quick lookup to convert miles to kilometres for commonly sought values or you can use our quick converter utility above by typing the number of miles or kilometres into the appropriate box.
For scientific and technical length conversions where you can specify the number of decimal places or significant figures for the result visit MeasurementConversions.org/lengths/
Miles to Kilometres Conversion Tables
Below are quick look up tables for the most often required miles to kilometres conversions, the following link gives Extended Conversion Tables.
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Kilometres to Miles Conversion Tables
Tables for commonly used kilometres to miles conversions are given below, click here for more extensive conversion tables.
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Conversion Formulae
Miles to Kilometres Conversion Formula
The conversion formula for miles to kilometres is quite simple:
1 mile = 1.609344 kilometres
Kilometres to Miles Conversion Formula
The conversion formula for kilometres to miles is just the reciprocal of the previous formula:
1 kilometre = 0.621371192 miles
Countries Using Miles
The following countries use miles as their standard measurement:
United States, Liberia, Myanmar
The United Kingdom, although officially using the metric system, still uses miles for distances on road signs.
Countries Using Kilometres
The rest of the world uses kilometres, including the former British colonies such as Australia and Canada.
More Motoring Conversions
The following sites give useful converters to allow you to translate motoring related units from US & UK figures to International and European figures:
Speed Conversion
Miles Per Hour to Kilometres Per Hour
Fuel Economy Conversion
Miles Per Gallon to Kilometres Per Litre
Miles Per Gallon to Litres Per 100km
Miles Per US Gallon to Miles Per UK Gallon
Miles Per Gallon to Miles Per Litre
Miles Per Gallon to Kilometres Per Gallon