How many miles is 20,000 steps?

About 7.8 to 9.8 miles across adult heights: 7.84 miles at 5 ft, 9.02 at 5 ft 9 in and 9.80 at 6 ft 3 in. At a round 2.5 ft stride it is 9.47 miles. The two ends of that range are nearly two miles apart, which is why a converter that hides its stride is not much use at this count.

How many kilometres is 20,000 steps?

14.51 km at 5 ft 9 in, 12.62 km at 5 ft and 15.77 km at 6 ft 3 in. Set Units to Km and kilometres lead, with miles and metres underneath, all from the same metre figure.

How long does it take to walk 20,000 steps?

About 3 h 1 m at 5 ft 9 in, 2 h 38 m at 5 ft and 3 h 17 m at 6 ft 3 in, at the 4.8 km/h ordinary walking pace this page assumes and names beside the time. Few people walk three hours without stopping, so treat that as walking time rather than elapsed time.

Is 20,000 steps close to a marathon?

No, it is about a third of one. A marathon is 42.195 km, which takes roughly 58,154 steps at a 72.6 cm walking step, against 14.51 km for 20,000 steps. A half marathon is 21.0975 km, about 29,077 steps, so twenty thousand steps is a bit over two thirds of a half. Check any of these by switching to Distance to steps with Units set to Km.

20,000 Steps to Miles

20,000 steps is 9.02 miles at the 2.38 ft step a 5 ft 9 in height gives, 7.84 miles at 5 ft and 9.80 miles at 6 ft 3 in, which is 14.51 km, 12.62 km and 15.77 km. Twenty thousand steps is where the choice of stride starts to cost you a whole mile either way, so this page opens with the count in the field and the stride it used printed next to the answer.

20,000 steps at a 2.38 ft stride, from a 5 ft 9 in height9.02 mi14.51 km · 14,512 m · about 3 h 1 m at 4.8 km/h

Steps

Height

Sex

Stride (cm)

from height, 0.414 of it

Units

10,000 stepsthe number everyone quotes
4.51 mi · 7.26 km
5,000 stepshalf of it, at the same stride
2.25 mi · 3.63 km
2 miles back to stepsthe same arithmetic, reversed
4,436 steps

The stride is the whole answer. Two step counters disagree about the same walk because they assumed different strides and printed neither. Here the stride is a field you can see: it starts at 0.414 of your height, the published walking figure, in centimetres, and a stride you pace out with the button above replaces it. Stride here means one step, not the two-step gait cycle some running literature calls a stride. No energy figure and no daily target: this page converts a count into a length and says what it assumed.

Common questions

How many miles is 20,000 steps?: About 7.8 to 9.8 miles across adult heights: 7.84 miles at 5 ft, 9.02 at 5 ft 9 in and 9.80 at 6 ft 3 in. At a round 2.5 ft stride it is 9.47 miles. The two ends of that range are nearly two miles apart, which is why a converter that hides its stride is not much use at this count.
How many kilometres is 20,000 steps?: 14.51 km at 5 ft 9 in, 12.62 km at 5 ft and 15.77 km at 6 ft 3 in. Set Units to Km and kilometres lead, with miles and metres underneath, all from the same metre figure.
How long does it take to walk 20,000 steps?: About 3 h 1 m at 5 ft 9 in, 2 h 38 m at 5 ft and 3 h 17 m at 6 ft 3 in, at the 4.8 km/h ordinary walking pace this page assumes and names beside the time. Few people walk three hours without stopping, so treat that as walking time rather than elapsed time.
Is 20,000 steps close to a marathon?: No, it is about a third of one. A marathon is 42.195 km, which takes roughly 58,154 steps at a 72.6 cm walking step, against 14.51 km for 20,000 steps. A half marathon is 21.0975 km, about 29,077 steps, so twenty thousand steps is a bit over two thirds of a half. Check any of these by switching to Distance to steps with Units set to Km.

Steps times stride length, converted to miles, kilometres or metres exactly, and reversible so miles come back as steps. It cannot know your stride, which changes with pace, terrain and shoes, so the distance is an estimate and the page names the stride it assumed.