How many hectares are in one square kilometer?
One square kilometer is 100 ha.
Square Kilometers to Hectares
Type a value to convert it from square kilometers to hectares. One km² equals 100 ha.
Result
Square kilometers and hectares, side by side
One square kilometer is 100 ha. In the other direction, one hectare is 0.01 km².
Both are metric units, so the factor is a power of ten and the conversion is exact: it only moves the decimal point.
The square kilometer is a million square meters, or 100 hectares. Countries, cities and lakes are measured in it: Paris covers about 105 km² and Manhattan about 59 km².
The hectare is 10,000 square meters, a square 100 meters on each side, a little larger than a soccer field, which is about 0.7 ha. Farms, forests and land parcels are measured in hectares across most of the world.
| Square kilometer | Hectare |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 |
| 10 | 1,000 |
| 50 | 5,000 |
| 100 | 10,000 |
| 500 | 50,000 |
| 1,000 | 100,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert hectares back to square kilometers?
One hectare is 0.01 km². The tool above converts in both directions.
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