Miles to km/h

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1. How many Kilometers in a Mile?
2. Difference between Kilometers and Miles
3. How to convert Kilometers to Miles?
4. km to miles conversion table

    How many Kilometers in a Mile?

There are 1.609344 kilometers in a mile.

This follows from the definition of a mile as 5280 feet, the definition of a feet as 0.3044 meters, and the definition of a kilometer as 1,000 meters. These are internationally agreed upon unit definitions that were established by a treaty signed in 1959.

You can easily verify it using our km to mi converter above.

The internationally recognized symbol for kilometer is "km", and "mi" for mile.

    Difference between Kilometers and Miles

Both kilometers and miles are units for measuring distances and they are of comparable magnitude so using a kilometer to mile converter often makes a lot of sense.

The difference between them is that the mile is a part of the imperial unit system, used in several countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, while