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Centimeters to inches

Convert between metric, imperial, US customary, nautical, typographic and astronomical measures of distance.

38 units in this converter

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Decimals, fractions such as 3/4, and scientific notation such as 1.2e3 all work.

Centimeter to Inch at a glance

21 rows
CentimeterInch
1 cm0.3937007874 in
2 cm0.7874015748 in
3 cm1.181102362 in
4 cm1.57480315 in
5 cm1.968503937 in
6 cm2.362204724 in
7 cm2.755905512 in
8 cm3.149606299 in
9 cm3.543307087 in
10 cm3.937007874 in
15 cm5.905511811 in
20 cm7.874015748 in
25 cm9.842519685 in
30 cm11.81102362 in
40 cm15.7480315 in
50 cm19.68503937 in
75 cm29.52755906 in
100 cm39.37007874 in
250 cm98.42519685 in
500 cm196.8503937 in
1,000 cm393.7007874 in

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How the centimeter to inch conversion works

The meter is the SI base unit; every other length here is defined as an exact multiple of it.

Multiply by 0.3937007874 to go from centimeter to inch:

in = cm × 0.3937007874

Going the other way, multiply by 2.54, which is the same as dividing by 0.3937007874.

Questions

How many inch are in one centimeter?

One centimeter equals 0.3937007874 inch.

Which units does this length converter cover?

38 units in total, all referenced to the meter. They include kilometer, hectometer, dekameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter and more. Pick any pair from the two dropdown lists.

How precise are the results?

Every conversion is computed in your browser at double precision from the factors listed on this page, which follow the SI definitions and the exact international agreements for imperial and US customary units. Use the Decimals control to round the display without changing the underlying value.

Does anything I type leave my device?

No. The converter is plain JavaScript running locally, with no server round-trip, and the page keeps working offline once loaded.