Kilometers per Hour to Miles per Hour

1 km/h = 0.621371 mph. Metric speed limits for US drivers. Change the value and the result updates as you type.

Result

Result
62.137119 mph
Formula
100 km/h × 0.621371 = 62.137119 mph
All units
27.777778 m/s
100 km/h
62.137119 mph
53.99568 kn
91.134442 ft/s

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How to use this tool

  1. Enter the speed as a number.
  2. Choose the unit you have on the left and the unit you want on the right.
  3. Read the result and the formula; press Copy to put the value on your clipboard.
  4. Use the table underneath to compare the same speed in every unit at once.

Good to know

  • The international nautical mile (1,852 m) and the statute mile (1,609.344 m) are used.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert mph to km/h?

Multiply miles per hour by 1.609344, because a mile is exactly 1,609.344 meters. So 60 mph is 96.56 km/h and 100 km/h is about 62.14 mph. A quick mental shortcut is to multiply mph by 1.6 or divide km/h by 1.6.

What is a knot?

One knot is one nautical mile per hour, and a nautical mile is 1,852 meters, so 1 knot is 1.852 km/h or about 1.151 mph. Ships, aircraft and weather reports use knots because a nautical mile matches one minute of latitude on a chart.

How do I convert m/s to km/h?

Multiply by 3.6, since there are 3,600 seconds in an hour and 1,000 meters in a kilometer. A 10 m/s wind is 36 km/h. To go from km/h back to m/s, divide by 3.6.

Why is 88 feet per second exactly 60 mph?

A mile is 5,280 feet and an hour is 3,600 seconds, so 60 mph is 60 × 5,280 ÷ 3,600 = 88 ft/s. Engineers and physics classes use feet per second for this reason, and the converter reproduces the exact value.

Results are estimates for general information. Double-check anything important with an official source.