Steps to kilometres

Here is your step count as a distance in km, based on your height or the step length you measured yourself.

Your details

8,000 steps is about

5.64

kilometres (3.50 miles)

Step length used27.7 in (from your height)
Steps in a mile2,284
Steps in a kilometre1,419
As 5 km walks1.1 (a 5 km parkrun walk is 7,097 of your steps)
At 100 steps a minute (moderate starts here)1 hr 20 min of walking, about 2.6 mph
Energy for those stepsadd your weight to see it
The evidence (add your age)benefits level off at about 8,000 to 10,000 a day under 60, and 6,000 to 8,000 from 60

Steps get shorter on hills, in crowds and when you stroll, so phone and watch distances drift. Measuring your own step over 100 metres is the best fix.

The working

8,000 steps at 5 ft 7 in

With a step of about 70.5 cm (41% of 170.2 cm), 8,000 steps × 0.705 m = 5.64 km. You take about 1,419 steps in each kilometre.

Why trackers disagree

Phones, watches and pedometers

A phone in a bag misses steps, and a wrist tracker can count arm movements as steps. Each uses its own step length guess, so distances drift by 10% or more. Picking one device and sticking with it matters more than perfect accuracy.

Planning in km

Steps for a distance

Put in a distance in kilometres and the result gives the steps and minutes it takes at your step length: at 70.5 cm, a 5 km parkrun walk is 7,092 steps, about 71 minutes at 100 steps a minute. With your age, the count is set against the Paluch 2022 levels where the benefit of more steps tails off.

Handy numbers

Kilometres and steps

Distance	Steps at a 70 cm step
1 km	about 1,430
3 km	about 4,290
5 km	about 7,140
8 km	about 11,430

Pace and energy

How long the steps take and what they burn

Pick your walking pace in steps a minute. CADENCE-adults (Tudor-Locke 2019) found moderate effort starts at about 100 steps a minute and vigorous at about 130; a stroll is nearer 80. 8,000 steps at 5 ft 7 in take 1 hr 20 min at 100 a minute. Add your weight and we estimate the energy from the Compendium of Physical Activities walking values at that speed, with the part over resting shown separately: about 306 kcal, 221 of it extra, at 70 kg. Your step gets longer as you speed up, so treat the fast pace figures as rough.

Read with care

What this cannot tell you

Uneven groundHills and crowds shorten your step.
ChildrenSmaller legs mean many more steps per km.
RunningUse the pace calculator for runs.

Questions

Common questions

How many steps are in a kilometre?

Roughly 1,250 to 1,550 for adults walking.

How far is 8,000 steps?

About 5.5 to 6 km for most adults.

How do I measure my step length?

Count your steps over a measured 100 m and divide 100 by the count.

Sources

Last checked 21 October 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

Before you push on

New to exercise, or got a heart, lung or joint condition? Have a word with your GP or practice nurse first. Stop and get help if you feel chest pain, faintness or unusual breathlessness, and call 999 if it is severe.