Kilometer to Centimeter Converter

About this conversion

The kilometer (km) is a unit of length in the metric (SI), commonly used for road and highway distances and geographic measurements. The centimeter (cm) belongs to the metric (SI) and is typically found in measurements related to clothing and shoe sizes and human height and body measurements. By definition, one kilometer is one thousand meters. One centimeter is one hundredth of a meter (0.01 m). The conversion factor between these two units is 100000: multiplying any value in km by this number gives the equivalent in cm. For example, 10 km equals 1000000.0000 cm. Going the other direction, 1 cm equals 0.00001 km. Adopted alongside the metric system, the kilometer became the standard unit for land distance in most countries by the 20th century. The centimeter has been part of the metric system since its adoption in France in the late 18th century.