How many steps is 10 km?
About 14,200 steps for an adult of average height, from about 12,400 at 195 cm to 16,100 at 150 cm. A 10k walked clears 10,000 steps at every height, and it is roughly one day on the Inca Trail.
The numbers
Steps in 10 km, by height
| 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) | about 16,100 steps |
| 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | about 15,600 steps |
| 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | about 15,100 steps |
| 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | about 14,600 steps |
| 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | about 14,200 steps |
| 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | about 13,800 steps |
| 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | about 13,400 steps |
| 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | about 13,100 steps |
| 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | about 12,700 steps |
| 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | about 12,400 steps |
Step length is about 41% of height. Give or take 10% for how you walk.
Against a daily step count
| A 5,000-step day | 284% of it |
| A 7,000-step day | 203% of it |
| A 10,000-step day | 142% of it |
For an adult of average height, walking only this distance.
On a reTrek route
10.0 km is 1/6 of the way to Everest Base Camp. At that distance a day, the whole route takes about 6 days.
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Try your own distance
Steps
about 14,200
12,800 to 15,600 depending on your stride, about 0.70 m a step at this height.
Distance
10.0 km · 6.2 miles
Time on foot
2 h
at 5 km/h, no stops
Calories
Depends on your weight more than anything else. Enter it to see an estimate.
That is 1/6 of the way to Everest Base Camp.
How many steps is 10 km?
About 14,200 for an adult 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall. A walking step is roughly 41% of your height, about 0.70 m at 170 cm, so ten kilometres takes 14,200 of them. Someone 150 cm tall takes about 16,100, and someone 195 cm about 12,400. Ten kilometres is 6.21 miles, the distance of every 10k, and about two hours at a normal pace.
Is 10 km more than 10,000 steps?
Yes, at every height. 10,000 steps is about 7 km for an adult of average height, so 10 km leaves a 10,000-step day behind with 3 km to spare, and even someone 195 cm tall takes about 12,400 steps to cover it.
Ten kilometres on a trail
Ten kilometres is about one day on the Inca Trail. The classic route from Km 82 to Machu Picchu is 43 km over four days, a little under 11 km and some 15,300 steps a day. The steps are not the hard part there: Dead Woman’s Pass, at 4,215 m on day two, is. The counts on this page are for level ground, and climbs and stone stairs change the step, so a trail day can read differently from the same distance on a pavement.
Walking with a finish line
Most of us know we should walk more and still skip it, because “go for a walk” has no finish line. reTrek gives you one: pick a famous route, like the Camino de Santiago or the Inca Trail, and every walk moves you further along it, with a short film about the place waiting at each milestone. The walk you would have skipped becomes the one that gets you to the next milestone.
At 10 km (6.2 miles) a day, Lukla to Everest Base Camp takes about 6 days. Walk it with a friend and pool your steps, or race them there. Everest Base Camp is free. Get reTrek.