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Length Converters

One mile is 1.609344 kilometers and one inch is exactly 2.54 centimeters — the two conversions people reach for most, and both are fixed by international agreement rather than approximation. Every tool on this page uses those exact factors, so a marathon's 26.2 miles comes back as 42.195 km, not a rounded guess.

Length is the most-converted category on the site because it spans so many everyday jobs: reading a road sign abroad, sizing a room in the units your tape measure uses, translating a height between feet-and-inches and centimeters, or dropping down to the micrometers and nanometers that describe wavelengths and chip features. The 28 converters here move cleanly between metric and imperial in both directions — pick the pair you need and the reverse is one tap away.

The whole metric side is just powers of ten: a kilometer is 1,000 meters, a meter is 100 centimeters, a centimeter is 10 millimeters, so shifting scale never changes the digits, only where the decimal point sits. Imperial units don't line up so neatly — 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard, 1,760 yards to a mile — which is exactly why a converter earns its keep. Start with the popular pairs below, or scroll for the full list.

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All length converters

Miles to Kilometers Converter

Convert miles to kilometers and kilometers to miles instantly.

Feet to Meters Converter

Convert feet to meters and meters to feet with precise conversion.

Inches to Centimeters Converter

Convert inches to centimeters and centimeters to inches instantly.

Kilometers to Miles Converter

Convert kilometers to miles and miles to kilometers instantly.

Centimeters to Feet Converter

Convert centimeters to feet and feet to centimeters for height conversions.

Centimeters to Meters Converter

Convert centimeters to meters and meters to centimeters.

Micrometers to Millimeters Converter

Convert micrometers to millimeters and millimeters to micrometers.

Millimeters to Micrometers Converter

Convert millimeters to micrometers and micrometers to millimeters.

Nanometers to Micrometers Converter

Convert nanometers to micrometers and micrometers to nanometers.

Micrometers to Nanometers Converter

Convert micrometers to nanometers and nanometers to micrometers.

Feet to Centimeters

Convert feet to centimeters and back.

Feet to Millimeters

Convert feet to millimeters and back.

Kilometers to Millimeters

Convert kilometers to millimeters and back.

Kilometers to Nanometers

Convert kilometers to nanometers and back.

Kilometers to Yards

Convert kilometers to yards and back.

Micrometers to Centimeters

Convert micrometers to centimeters and back.

Micrometers to Feet

Convert micrometers to feet and back.

Micrometers to Miles

Convert micrometers to miles and back.

Miles to Nanometers

Convert miles to nanometers and back.

Millimeters to Centimeters

Convert millimeters to centimeters and back.

Millimeters to Feet

Convert millimeters to feet and back.

Millimeters to Kilometers

Convert millimeters to kilometers and back.

Millimeters to Nanometers

Convert millimeters to nanometers and back.

Nanometers to Feet

Convert nanometers to feet and back.

Nanometers to Kilometers

Convert nanometers to kilometers and back.

Nanometers to Meters

Convert nanometers to meters and back.

Nanometers to Miles

Convert nanometers to miles and back.

Nanometers to Millimeters

Convert nanometers to millimeters and back.