1 centimeter (cm) = 0.01 meters (m). To convert, divide by 100: m = cm ÷ 100. For example, 50 cm = 0.5 m.
m = cm ÷ 100
Centimeters to meters table
| Centimeters (cm) | Meters (m) |
|---|---|
| 10 | 0.1 |
| 20 | 0.2 |
| 30 | 0.3 |
| 40 | 0.4 |
| 50 | 0.5 |
| 100 | 1 |
| 200 | 2 |
| 250 | 2.5 |
| 500 | 5 |
| 1,000 | 10 |
| 2,500 | 25 |
| 5,000 | 50 |
| 10,000 | 100 |
The two units
Centimeter (cm). One hundredth of a meter.
Meter (m). The SI unit of length, defined since 1983 as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Because both units are defined in terms of the same base unit, the factor 0.01 is exact, not a rounded measurement.
Convert centimeters to other units
- Centimeters to kilometers — 1 cm = 0.00001 km
- Centimeters to millimeters — 1 cm = 10 mm
- Centimeters to micrometers — 1 cm = 10,000 µm
- Centimeters to nanometers — 1 cm = 10,000,000 nm
- Centimeters to miles — 1 cm = 0.0000062137 mi
- Centimeters to yards — 1 cm = 0.010936133 yd
- Centimeters to feet — 1 cm = 0.032808399 ft
- Centimeters to inches — 1 cm = 0.3937007874 in
- Centimeters to nautical miles — 1 cm = 0.0000053996 nmi
Convert other units to meters
Questions people ask
- How many meters are in a centimeter?
- 0.01, exactly.
- How do you convert centimeters to meters?
- m = cm ÷ 100. It is the same as dividing by 100.
- How do you convert meters back to centimeters?
- cm = m × 100. See meters to centimeters.
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