Unit-To-Unit Speed conversion

Speed Converter

1 mile per hour = 1.609344 kilometres per hour

Speed is distance over time, so every unit here is a ratio of two other conversions and all of them reduce cleanly to metres per second. The knot — one nautical mile per hour — remains the standard in aviation and shipping, while Mach is not a fixed speed at all: the figure below uses 340.29 m/s, the speed of sound in dry air at sea level and 15 °C, which falls with altitude and temperature.

Formula km/h = mph × 1.609344

Speed

14 units, base metre per second. mph by default.
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=1 mile per hour equals
Decimals 6
Equals to
1.609344
Kilometre per hourkm/h
0.447040
Metre per secondm/s
0.868976
Knotkn
1.466667
Foot per secondft/s
17.600000
Inch per secondin/s
44.704000
Centimetre per secondcm/s
26.822400
Metre per minutem/min
88.000000
Foot per minuteft/min
0.016667
Mile per minutemi/min
0.000278
Mile per secondmi/s
0.000447
Kilometre per secondkm/s
0.001314
Mach (sea level)Ma
0.000000
Speed of lightc
Mile per hour to Kilometre per hour — quick reference
Mile per hourKilometre per hour
1 mph1.609344 km/h
2 mph3.218688 km/h
3 mph4.828032 km/h
5 mph8.04672 km/h
10 mph16.09344 km/h
25 mph40.2336 km/h
50 mph80.4672 km/h
100 mph160.9344 km/h
250 mph402.336 km/h
500 mph804.672 km/h
1000 mph1609.344 km/h

Frequently asked

What is 60 mph in km/h?
96.56064 km/h. Multiply mph by 1.609344.
How fast is a knot?
One knot is 1.852 km/h, or 1.15078 mph — one nautical mile per hour.
Is Mach 1 a fixed speed?
No. Mach 1 is the local speed of sound, which varies with air temperature. This table uses the sea-level figure of 340.29 m/s.