Convert mps to kmh

One meter per second equals 3.6 kilometers per hour. To convert any number of meters per second to kilometers per hour, multiply by 3.6.

The converter above works in both directions and updates as you type. Below you will find the formula, a worked example and a reference table of common values.

Speed conversions divide by audience. Road speeds move between kilometres and miles per hour and are what a driver or a runner needs. Metres per second is what every equation of motion expects, so it is the form any physics problem has to reach. Knots belong to the sea and the air, where one knot is one nautical mile per hour and a nautical mile is one minute of latitude — a system built around navigation rather than around convenience.

mps to kmh formula

To go the other way, use meter per second = kilometer per hour ÷ 3.6.

About these units

Metres per second is the SI speed unit and the one every equation of motion expects. Wind speeds in meteorology are usually reported in it.

Kilometres per hour is the road-speed unit in most of the world. Dividing by 3.6 converts it to metres per second, the SI unit physics uses.

Meter per second is also written metres per second, meters per second, mps and ms-1. Kilometer per hour is also written kilometres per hour, kmh, kph, kmph, km/hr and kmh.

Sources

1. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition, 2019.