Steps to Km & Calories Calculator

Convert your daily steps into distance walked and calories burned.

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How to use

1
Enter the steps from your phone or fitness band.
2
Set your sex, height and weight.
3
Pick your usual walking pace to see distance, time and calories.

Questions

How is step length estimated?

A common rule of thumb is step length ≈ 0.415 × height for men and 0.413 × height for women. For a 170 cm man that is about 70.5 cm per step, so 10,000 steps ≈ 7 km.

How are calories calculated?

With the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) walking equation, which estimates oxygen use from walking speed and converts it to calories (5 kcal per litre of oxygen). It is an estimate — hills, carrying weight and fitness change the real number.

Are 10,000 steps a day necessary?

No magic number exists. Studies link about 7,000–8,000 steps a day with much lower health risks, and benefits keep rising a little beyond that.

About this Steps to Km tool

Steps to Km & Calories Calculator — Convert your daily steps into distance walked and calories burned. It is one of 200 free tools on namasivayam.in, made by software engineer Namasivayam Vadivelan for everyday use in India.

Everything is calculated instantly in your browser: nothing you type or upload is sent to any server, there is no sign-up, and it works on mobile and desktop. Enter the steps from your phone or fitness band.

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