1 kilometer is a distance of 1,000 meters and is about 0.62 miles.

To picture how far 1 km is in real life:

  • It’s roughly a 10–12 minute walk at a normal pace for most people.
  • It’s a bit more than half a mile (a mile is about 1.6 km, so 1 km is just over half of that).

If you’re thinking in terms of “from here to there,” 1 km is like walking from one large city block area to another several blocks away, or going around a standard athletics track about 2.5 times (a track is 400 m per lap).