50 units · base unit m · L
Length converter
Length is the most-converted quantity there is. Every imperial unit here is defined as an exact fraction of the meter by the 1959 international agreement, so conversions between them are exact — not approximations.
Common length conversions
- km → m
- km → cm
- km → mm
- km → µm
- km → nm
- km → in
- km → ft
- km → yd
- km → mi
- km → nmi
- km → Å
- km → au
- km → ly
- km → pc
- m → km
- m → cm
- m → mm
- m → µm
- m → nm
- m → in
- m → ft
- m → yd
- m → mi
- m → nmi
- m → Å
- m → au
- m → ly
- m → pc
- cm → km
- cm → m
- cm → mm
- cm → µm
- cm → nm
- cm → in
- cm → ft
- cm → yd
- cm → mi
- cm → nmi
- cm → Å
- cm → au
- cm → ly
- cm → pc
- mm → km
- mm → m
- mm → cm
- mm → µm
- mm → nm
- mm → in
- mm → ft
- mm → yd
- mm → mi
- mm → nmi
- mm → Å
- mm → au
- mm → ly
- mm → pc
- µm → km
- µm → m
- µm → cm
- µm → mm
All length units
Each unit expressed in meters (m), the unit everything in this category converts through.
| Unit | Symbol | System | Value in m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigameter | Gm | metric | 1000000000 |
| Megameter | Mm | metric | 1000000 |
| Kilometer | km | metric | 1000 |
| Hectometer | hm | metric | 100 |
| Decameter | dam | metric | 10 |
| Meter | m | SI | 1 |
| Decimeter | dm | metric | 0.1 |
| Centimeter | cm | metric | 0.01 |
| Millimeter | mm | metric | 0.001 |
| Micrometer | µm | metric | 0.000001 |
| Nanometer | nm | metric | 0.000000001 |
| Picometer | pm | metric | 0.000000000001 |
| Femtometer | fm | metric | 0.000000000000001 |
| Inch | in | imperial | 0.0254 |
| Foot | ft | imperial | 0.3048 |
| Yard | yd | imperial | 0.9144 |
| Mile | mi | imperial | 1609.344 |
| Nautical mile | nmi | other | 1852 |
| Thou | thou | imperial | 0.0000254 |
| Hand | hh | imperial | 0.1016 |
| Link | li | imperial | 0.201168 |
| Span | span | historic | 0.2286 |
| Cubit | cubit | historic | 0.4572 |
| Ell | ell | historic | 1.143 |
| Fathom | ftm | imperial | 1.8288 |
| Rod | rd | imperial | 5.0292 |
| Chain | ch | imperial | 20.1168 |
| Furlong | fur | imperial | 201.168 |
| League | lea | historic | 4828.032 |
| Barleycorn | barleycorn | historic | 0.00846666666667 |
| US survey foot | ft (US) | us | 0.304800609601 |
| US survey mile | mi (US) | us | 1609.34721869 |
| Ångström | Å | metric | 0.0000000001 |
| Micron | µ | metric | 0.000001 |
| Bohr radius | a₀ | atomic | 0.0000000000529177210544 |
| Planck length | ℓₚ | atomic | 0.00000000000000000000000000000000001616255 |
| Astronomical unit | au | astronomical | 149597870700 |
| Light-year | ly | astronomical | 9460730472580000 |
| Light-second | ls | astronomical | 299792458 |
| Light-minute | lmin | astronomical | 17987547480 |
| Parsec | pc | astronomical | 30856775814900000 |
| Kiloparsec | kpc | astronomical | 30856775814900000000 |
| Megaparsec | Mpc | astronomical | 30856775814900000000000 |
| Solar radius | R☉ | astronomical | 695700000 |
| Earth radius | R🜨 | astronomical | 6371000 |
| Point (DTP) | pt | other | 0.000352777777778 |
| Pica | pc | other | 0.00423333333333 |
| Scandinavian mile | mil | other | 10000 |
| Verst | вер | historic | 1066.8 |
| Li | 里 | other | 500 |
About length units
Convert meters, feet, inches, miles, light-years and 30 other length units with exact-fraction precision.
Length is the most-converted quantity there is. Every imperial unit here is defined as an exact fraction of the meter by the 1959 international agreement, so conversions between them are exact — not approximations.
Dimensional formula: L. Every conversion on this page goes through the meter, using exact fractions rather than decimal approximations. Read how that works →