Meters per Second to Kilometers per Hour Converter
1 meter per second = 3.6 kilometers per hour
1 meter per second equals 3.6 kilometers per hour
How to convert meters per second to kilometers per hour
Speed combines distance and elapsed time. Knots use the international nautical mile (1852 m), and mph uses the international statute mile (1609.344 m).
km/h = m/s ÷ 0.2777777778One kilometer per hour corresponds to 0.2777777778 meters per second, so divide by that figure. Displayed constants may be rounded; the converter uses the stored factor before rounding the result.
36 km/h = 10 ÷ 0.2777777778Meters per second to kilometers per hour conversion table
Common values in meters per second, converted to kilometers per hour.
| Meters per second (m/s) | Kilometers per hour (km/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 7.2 |
| 3 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 18 |
| 10 | 36 |
| 20 | 72 |
| 25 | 90 |
| 50 | 180 |
| 100 | 360 |
| 250 | 900 |
| 500 | 1,800 |
| 1,000 | 3,600 |
About these units
meter per secondm/s
The SI derived unit of speed.
kilometer per hourkm/h
The standard road-speed unit in most of the world.
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.