What is kilometre per hour?

Kilometre per hour is a unit of speed equal to one kilometre travelled in one hour. It is the most widely used unit for road speed limits, vehicle speedometers, and wind speeds in metric countries.

What is mach (approx at sea level)?

Mach is a dimensionless speed unit expressing the ratio of an object’s speed to the local speed of sound. At sea level, Mach 1 is approximately 343 m/s. It is used in aviation and aerodynamics to characterise high-speed flight regimes.

Worked examples

1 kilometre per hour = 0.0008163 mach (approx at sea level)

1 mach (approx at sea level) = 340.29 metre per second

More Speed conversions

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Assumption: Mach uses an approximate sea-level reference (about 340.29 m/s).