km/h\text{km/h}

kilometer per hour

Speedexact by definition

The kilometre per hour is exactly 1,000/3,600 of a metre per second, that is 1/3.6 m/s. The relation is exact by definition, though the decimal 0.2777... repeats and must be truncated when written. It is the standard road speed unit in most of the world.

Watch out: Divide by 3.6 to reach m/s and multiply by 3.6 to come back. The 100 km/h motorway limit is 27.8 m/s, and 62 mph.

1 km/h\text{km/h} 0.27777778 m/s\text{m/s}

One kilometer per hour in every speed unit

8,766,000,000millimeter per year (mm/yr)
24,000,000millimeter per day (mm/day)
1,000,000millimeter per hour (mm/h)
944,882inch per day (in/day)
78,740.2foot per day (ft/d)
39,370.1inch per hour (in/h)
24,000meter per day (m/d)
16,666.7millimeter per minute (mm/min)
1,000meter per hour (m/h)
656.168inch per minute (in/min)
277.778millimeter per second (mm/s)
54.6807foot per minute (ft/min)
27.7778centimeter per second (cm/s)
16.6667meter per minute (m/min)
10.9361inch per second (in/s)
1kilometer per hour (km/h)this unit
0.911344foot per second (ft/s)
0.621371mile per hour (mph)
0.539957knot (kn)
0.277778meter per second (m/s)
0.000816288mach (sea level) (Ma)
0.000277778kilometer per second (km/s)
9.26567e-10speed of light (c)