How many steps are in a kilometer?

Short answer: about 1,316 steps for an average adult. Full number depends on your height — see the table.

Quick answer

≈ 1,316 steps

Average adult, 76 cm (2.5 ft) stride. Your number depends on your height.

Steps per km by height

Stride length is roughly 0.41 × your height. Shorter walkers take more steps for the same distance.

HeightStrideSteps per km
4'10" (147 cm) — petite60.7 cm1,647
5'4" (163 cm) — avg woman67.3 cm1,485
5'9" (175 cm) — avg adult72.6 cm1,377
6'0" (183 cm) — avg man75.9 cm1,317
6'4" (193 cm) — tall80.1 cm1,249

The conversion formula

steps ≈ km × 1,316

Or: 1 km = 100,000 cm ÷ 76 cm stride ≈ 1,316 steps.

KM → steps conversion table

KilometersSteps (avg adult)Detail page
1 km1,3161 km →
2 km2,6322 km →
3 km3,9473 km →
4 km5,2634 km →
5 km6,5795 km →
6 km7,8956 km →
7 km9,2117 km →
8 km10,5268 km →
10 km13,15810 km →
15 km19,73715 km →

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