Unit Converters

Decimeter to Meter Converter (dm to m)

One meter has 10 decimeters, so this converter just shifts the decimal by one place. Type a value either side and you get the answer in both directions.

Conversion factors are exact; rounding may affect the final digit.
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Common values

Decimeters (dm)Meters (m)
10.1
50.5
101
252.5
10010

Common questions

How many decimeters are in a meter?

Exactly 10. A decimeter is one tenth of a meter, so 1 m = 10 dm.

What is a decimeter used for?

It is rarely used in everyday life, but you see it in school metric exercises and some volume units, since a cubic decimeter equals one liter.

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