Centimeters to Meters Converter
1 centimeter = 0.01 meters
1 centimeter equals 0.01 meters
How to convert centimeters to meters
Feet, inches, yards and miles use the international foot (0.3048 m). Older US survey-foot records use a different definition; check the survey document before applying these factors.
m = cm × 0.01One centimeter is 0.01 meters, so a single multiplication converts any value.
0.1 m = 10 × 0.01Centimeters to meters conversion table
Common values in centimeters, converted to meters.
| Centimeters (cm) | Meters (m) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.01 |
| 2 | 0.02 |
| 3 | 0.03 |
| 4 | 0.04 |
| 5 | 0.05 |
| 10 | 0.1 |
| 20 | 0.2 |
| 25 | 0.25 |
| 50 | 0.5 |
| 100 | 1 |
| 250 | 2.5 |
| 500 | 5 |
| 1,000 | 10 |
About these units
centimetercm
One hundredth of a metre, widely used for body and object measurements.
meterm
The SI base unit of length, defined by fixing the speed of light in vacuum at 299,792,458 m/s.
Reference: BIPM SI Brochure (9th ed.).
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.