Convert cm to meters
1 cm = 0.01 m · 1 m = 100 cm · Exact by definition
1 cm = 0.01 m
The same value in other units
- millimetre
- 10 mm
- kilometre
- 1e-5 km
- inch
- 0.393701 in
- foot
- 0.0328084 ft
- yard
- 0.0109361 yd
- mile
- 6.21371e-6 mi
- nautical mile
- 5.39957e-6 nmi
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Length
cm to meters: conversion table
| centimetre | metre |
|---|---|
| 1 cm | 0.01 m |
| 2 cm | 0.02 m |
| 3 cm | 0.03 m |
| 5 cm | 0.05 m |
| 10 cm | 0.1 m |
| 20 cm | 0.2 m |
| 25 cm | 0.25 m |
| 50 cm | 0.5 m |
| 100 cm | 1 m |
| 250 cm | 2.5 m |
| 500 cm | 5 m |
| 1000 cm | 10 m |
| metre | centimetre |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 100 cm |
| 2 m | 200 cm |
| 3 m | 300 cm |
| 5 m | 500 cm |
| 10 m | 1000 cm |
| 20 m | 2000 cm |
| 25 m | 2500 cm |
| 50 m | 5000 cm |
| 100 m | 10000 cm |
| 250 m | 25000 cm |
| 500 m | 50000 cm |
| 1000 m | 100000 cm |
How the conversion works
m = cm × 0.01
Both units are defined exactly, so the precision of the cm to meters result depends only on the number of decimal places you choose.
METHOD AND SOURCES
Where the conversion factors come from
Results are calculated from the unit definitions stored in the converter, not copied from a lookup table. For exact units, every value in the table follows from the same factor shown in the formula above.
- BIPM — SI Brochure
The official definitions of the International System of Units (SI).
- NIST SP 811 — Conversion factors
Conversion-factor tables for SI and non-SI units.
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