Convert 1 km to nmi

How to convert kilometers to nautical miles

1. Formula: nautical miles = kilometers × 0.5399568
2. Put in the value: 1 kilometer.
3. Result: 0.5399568 nautical miles.

Kilometers to nautical miles table

Converting the other way: nautical miles to kilometers

kilometers = nautical miles × 1.852. So 0.5399568 nautical miles is back to 1 kilometer; one nautical mile is 1.852 kilometers. See the nautical miles to kilometers table.

Quick estimate in your head

For a rough answer, multiply by about 0.5: 1 × 0.5 ≈ 0.5 nmi, against the exact 0.5399568 nmi (7.4% out). Good enough to check that a calculated result is sensible.

Common mistakes

The usual slip is using the factor the wrong way round. A kilometer is smaller than a nautical mile, so the number of nautical miles must come out smaller than the number of kilometers. If your answer goes the other way, divide instead of multiplying.

About the units

Kilometer (km) and nautical mile (nmi) are both units of length. One kilometer equals 0.5399568 nautical miles, and one nautical mile equals 1.852 kilometers. Results on this page are rounded for display; the conversion itself uses the exact definitions.

Length conversions come up in DIY and building plans, running and cycling distances, maps, clothing sizes and travel between countries that use metric and imperial units.

1 kilometer in other units

The most readable unit for this amount is kilometers (1).

• 1,000,000 mm
• 100,000 cm
• 1,000 m
• 39,370.08 in
• 3,280.84 ft
• 1,093.61 yd
• 0.62137119 mi
• 0.5399568 nmi
• 546.806649 fm
• 1,000,000,000 um