8 miles in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 8 miles is equivalent to 12.874752 kilometers.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 8 miles to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: 1 mile = 1.609344 km.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of kilometers.

1 mile / 8 mile = 1.609344 km / x km

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x km = (8 mile / 1 mile) * 1.609344 km → x km = 12.874752 km

Conclusion:

8 mile = 12.874752 km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 0.0776713990296667 times 8 miles.

It can also be expressed as: 8 miles is equal to 1 / 0.0776713990296667 kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eight miles is about twelve point eight six kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about zero point zero eight times eight miles.