Convert kilometers per hour to knots
knots = kilometers per hour × 0.539957
One kilometer per hour is 0.539957 knots, so multiply by 0.539957 to convert. Going the other way, one knot is 1.852 kilometers per hour. A nautical mile is exactly 1,852 m — one minute of latitude — and is used at sea and in the air. It is longer than the statute mile used on land.
Convert any value
- Miles per hour
- 0.6214 mph
- Meters per second
- 0.2778 m/s
- Feet per second
- 0.9113 ft/s
- Knots
- 0.54 kn
- Pace per mile
- 96:34min:sec per mile at this speed
- Pace per kilometer
- 60:00min:sec per km at this speed
- Mach number
- 0.0008Relative to the speed of sound at sea level, 15 °C (340.3 m/s).
Assumptions
- Statute miles; the knot uses the international nautical mile of 1,852 m.
- Mach number is relative to 340.29 m/s (sea level, 15 °C).
| mph | km/h | m/s | knots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisk walk | 3.4 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| Easy jog | 5.6 | 9 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| Marathon world record pace | 12.8 | 20.5 | 5.7 | 11.1 |
| Usain Bolt, 100 m average | 23.4 | 37.6 | 10.44 | 20.3 |
| Residential speed limit (25 mph) | 25 | 40.2 | 11.18 | 21.7 |
| City limit (50 km/h) | 31.1 | 50 | 13.89 | 27 |
| Gale-force wind (Beaufort 8) | 42.5 | 68.4 | 19 | 36.9 |
| US interstate (70 mph) | 70 | 112.6 | 31.29 | 60.8 |
| German Autobahn advisory (130 km/h) | 80.8 | 130 | 36.11 | 70.2 |
| Hurricane threshold (64 kn) | 73.6 | 118.5 | 32.92 | 64 |
| Airliner cruise (Mach 0.85) | 646.5 | 1,040.4 | 289 | 561.8 |
| Speed of sound (sea level, 15 °C) | 761.2 | 1,225 | 340.29 | 661.5 |
| min/mile | min/km | mph | km/h |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:00 | 3:06 | 12 | 19.31 |
| 6:00 | 3:44 | 10 | 16.09 |
| 7:00 | 4:21 | 8.57 | 13.79 |
| 8:00 | 4:58 | 7.5 | 12.07 |
| 9:00 | 5:36 | 6.67 | 10.73 |
| 10:00 | 6:13 | 6 | 9.66 |
| 11:00 | 6:50 | 5.45 | 8.78 |
| 12:00 | 7:27 | 5 | 8.05 |
| 15:00 | 9:19 | 4 | 6.44 |
kilometers per hour to knots table
| kilometers per hour | knots |
|---|---|
| 1 kilometer per hour | 0.539957 knots |
| 2 kilometers per hour | 1.0799 knots |
| 3 kilometers per hour | 1.6199 knots |
| 4 kilometers per hour | 2.1598 knots |
| 5 kilometers per hour | 2.6998 knots |
| 10 kilometers per hour | 5.3996 knots |
| 15 kilometers per hour | 8.0994 knots |
| 20 kilometers per hour | 10.7991 knots |
| 25 kilometers per hour | 13.4989 knots |
| 50 kilometers per hour | 26.9978 knots |
| 75 kilometers per hour | 40.4968 knots |
| 100 kilometers per hour | 53.9957 knots |
| 500 kilometers per hour | 269.9784 knots |
| 1,000 kilometers per hour | 539.9568 knots |
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