What 1 mile means
The mile is the classic middle-distance race. Four laps of a 400 m track make 1,600 m, which is 9.344 m short of a full mile, so the official track mile starts slightly behind the usual finish line. Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile in 1954.
1 mile in other units
- Kilometers
- 1.6093 km
- Meters
- 1,609 m
- Feet
- 5,280 ft
- Yards
- 1,760 yd
- Nautical miles
- 0.869 nmi
How long does 1 mile take?
| Activity (average speed) | Time (h:mm:ss) |
|---|---|
| Walking (3 mph / 4.8 km/h) | 20:00 |
| Running (10:00 min/mile) | 10:00 |
| Cycling (12 mph / 19.3 km/h) | 5:00 |
| Driving (60 mph / 97 km/h) | 1:00 |
| Driving (100 km/h / 62 mph) | 0:58 |
Times are simple averages at a constant speed, without stops.
How it's calculated
1 mi × 1.609344 = 1.609344 km
The international mile is defined as exactly 1,609.344 meters, so multiplying by 1.609344 gives an exact result. For a quick mental estimate, multiply by 1.6 (or add 60%).
Nearby conversions
| Miles | Kilometers |
|---|---|
| 0.5 mi | 0.8047 km |
| 0.75 mi | 1.207 km |
| 0.9 mi | 1.4484 km |
| 1.1 mi | 1.7703 km |
| 1.25 mi | 2.0117 km |
| 1.5 mi | 2.414 km |
| 2 mi | 3.2187 km |