Centimeter per Second to Centimeter per Hour

Centimeter per second measures distance in centimeters traveled in one second. Common for small-scale movements and flows.

1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s = 0.036 km/h = 0.6 m/min.

To m/s: ÷ 100. To km/h: × 0.036. To mm/s: × 10.

Stream/river surface flow (10–200 cm/s), blood flow velocity in arteries (10–100 cm/s), small machine movements, and insect flight speeds.

Housefly speed: ~200 cm/s. Blood in aorta: ~40 cm/s. Small stream flow: 30–100 cm/s. Ant running: 1–3 cm/s.

Confusing cm/s with m/s — off by a factor of 100. Mixing up with mm/s.

100 cm/s = 1 m/s. Good for water flow, blood flow, and small animal speeds. Divide by 100 to get m/s.

Centimeter per hour measures very slow movements in centimeters over an hour. Used for extremely gradual processes.

1 cm/h = 0.01 m/h = 0.00001 km/h = 0.00000278 m/s. Extremely small speed unit.

To m/s: ÷ 360,000. To m/h: × 0.01. To mm/h: × 10.

Very slow geological processes, material expansion/contraction measurements, and some biological growth studies.

Human nail growth: ~0.01 cm/h. Stalagmite formation: ~0.001 cm/h. Some coral growth: 0.1 cm/h.

Using for anything except very slow processes. Confusing with cm/min or cm/s.

100 cm/h = 1 m/h. Primarily a scientific measurement unit. Not for everyday use.