Kilometer to Yard 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 yard (yd) belongs to the imperial / US customary and is typically found in measurements related to American football field dimensions and fabric and textile sales. By definition, one kilometer is one thousand meters. One yard is exactly 3 feet, or 0.9144 meters. The conversion factor between these two units is 1093.6132983377079: multiplying any value in km by this number gives the equivalent in yd. For example, 10 km equals 10936.1330 yd. Going the other direction, 1 yd equals 0.000914 km. Adopted alongside the metric system, the kilometer became the standard unit for land distance in most countries by the 20th century.