Miles per Hour to Knots Converter

Common

Meters per second, km/h, mph and more.

How to convert Miles per Hour to Knots

Multiply the miles per hour value by 0.868977: 1 mph = 0.868977 kn. Going the other way, 1 kn = 1.15078 mph, so divide by 0.868977 or use the Knots to Miles per Hour converter.

About these units

Miles per Hour (mph)

Miles per hour is the road-speed unit in the United States and the United Kingdom. 1 mph is exactly 1.609344 km/h, so 60 mph is about 96.6 km/h.

Knots (kn)

A knot is one nautical mile per hour, exactly 1.852 km/h or about 1.151 mph. Ship and aircraft speeds and wind speeds at sea are given in knots.

Miles per Hour to Knots conversion table

Miles per Hour (mph)Knots (kn)
1 mph0.868977 kn
2 mph1.73795 kn
3 mph2.60693 kn
4 mph3.47591 kn
5 mph4.34488 kn
10 mph8.68977 kn
20 mph17.3795 kn
25 mph21.7244 kn
50 mph43.4488 kn
100 mph86.8977 kn
500 mph434.488 kn
1,000 mph868.977 kn

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