Meter per second to Knot

1 m/s = 1.9438445 kn

Value

From

Precision & format

Significant figures

Notation

1 m/s equals

1.943844492kn

All 10 units

Kilometer per hourkm/h
3.6
Mile per hourmph
2.236936292
Meter per secondm/s
1
Foot per secondft/s
3.280839895
Knotkn
1.943844492
Centimeter per secondcm/s
100
Meter per minutem/min
60
Inch per minutein/min
2,362.204724
MachMa
sea level, ISA 15 °C
0.002938669958
Speed of lightc
in vacuum
3.335640952 × 10⁻⁹

Meter per second to Knot table

Common Meter per second values converted to Knot
Meter per second (m/s)	Knot (kn)
1	1.9438445
2	3.887689
5	9.7192225
10	19.438445
20	38.87689
50	97.192225
100	194.38445
250	485.96112
500	971.92225
1,000	1,943.8445

How the conversion works

Multiply the meter per second figure by 1.943844492 to get knot. Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for speed, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 kn = 0.51444444 m/s — see knot to meter per second.

See all 10 speed units →