Speed converter

Pick any two speed units. Every factor is exact, from 1 mph = 1.609344 km/h to 1 knot = 1.852 km/h.

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1 mph = 1.60934 km/hkm/h = mph × 1.609344 · shown to 6 significant figures
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Speed is distance divided by time, so a speed factor is just a length factor divided by a time factor. Road speeds use km/h or mph, physics and wind speeds in weather models use meters per second, ships and aircraft use knots, and ballistics and engineering in the US often use feet per second.

Use the converter above for any pair. The most searched pairs have their own pages with worked examples, reference tables of common speeds and mental-math shortcuts, listed above.