how many miles is 2,000 steps?
2,000 steps is about 0.87 mi (1.4 km) if you are 5′7″ (170 cm) — about 20 min at an everyday pace, and about 49 kcal above resting for a 70 kg adult. At the average height of an adult woman in the US it comes to 0.83 mi (1.3 km); for a man, 0.90 mi.
2,000 steps in miles and kilometers, by height
Your height sets your step length, so it sets the distance. The table uses a step of 0.413 × height, the same ratio as every calculator on this site.
| height | miles | km |
|---|---|---|
| 4′11″150 cm | 0.77 mi | 1.2 km |
| 5′1″155 cm | 0.80 mi | 1.3 km |
| 5′3″160 cm | 0.82 mi | 1.3 km |
| 5′5″165 cm | 0.85 mi | 1.4 km |
| 5′7″170 cm | 0.87 mi | 1.4 km |
| 5′9″175 cm | 0.90 mi | 1.4 km |
| 5′11″180 cm | 0.92 mi | 1.5 km |
| 6′1″185 cm | 0.95 mi | 1.5 km |
| 6′3″190 cm | 0.98 mi | 1.6 km |
The average adult woman in the US is 161.3 cm (63.5 in) tall and the average man 175.3 cm (69.0 in), by the CDC's 2015–2018 measurements: 2,000 steps comes to about 0.83 mi and 0.90 mi respectively. The difference is height, not sex.
How long 2,000 steps takes
| pace | cadence | speed | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| a stroll | 80 steps/min | 2.1 mph | 25 min |
| everyday | 100 steps/min | 2.6 mph | 20 min |
| brisk | 130 steps/min | 3.4 mph | 15 min |
Time depends only on how many steps you take a minute, so it is the same at any height; the speed column is what that cadence means at 5′7″.
How many calories 2,000 steps burns
| weight | above resting | total |
|---|---|---|
| 55 kg121 lb | 39 | 58 |
| 70 kg154 lb | 49 | 74 |
| 85 kg187 lb | 60 | 89 |
| 100 kg220 lb | 70 | 105 |
Above resting is what the walk added; total also counts what your body would have burned sitting still. Both are estimates from the walking speed and the published energy cost of walking — the method is on how many calories your steps burn.
Is 2,000 steps a day enough?
It is below the 6,000–8,000 steps a day where the benefit leveled off for adults 60 and older, in the largest studies of daily steps and the risk of death. That is a population average, not a rule for you; the studies and what health agencies recommend are on how many steps a day you actually need.
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Angel Step, the step counter behind this site, shows today's count as one number on a living sky — the same count Apple Health keeps, with a widget for the home screen and the lock screen.
Sources
- Distance, time and calories: the formulas behind how far is 10,000 steps and steps to calories; step length ≈ 0.413 × height.
- Average adult height in the US, 2015–2018: women 161.3 cm, men 175.3 cm — CDC, Anthropometric Reference Data (Vital Health Stat 3(46)), tables 9 and 11.
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