how many steps are in 5 miles?
About 11,461 steps if you are 5′7″ (170 cm), walking at a comfortable pace — 12,079 at the average height of an adult woman in the US and 11,114 for a man. At 3 mph the walk takes 1 h 40 min.
Steps in 5 miles, by height
| height | steps |
|---|---|
| 4′11″150 cm | 12,989 |
| 5′1″155 cm | 12,570 |
| 5′3″160 cm | 12,177 |
| 5′5″165 cm | 11,808 |
| 5′7″170 cm | 11,461 |
| 5′9″175 cm | 11,133 |
| 5′11″180 cm | 10,824 |
| 6′1″185 cm | 10,532 |
| 6′3″190 cm | 10,255 |
Taller walkers take longer steps and so fewer of them; the table uses a step of 0.413 × height. The average adult woman in the US is 161.3 cm (63.5 in) and the average man 175.3 cm (69.0 in), by the CDC's 2015–2018 measurements.
How long 5 miles takes, by speed
| speed | time | cadence |
|---|---|---|
| 2 mph | 2 h 30 min | 76 steps/min |
| 3 mph | 1 h 40 min | 115 steps/min |
| 3.5 mph | 1 h 26 min | 134 steps/min |
| 4 mph | 1 h 15 min | 153 steps/min |
Time depends only on speed. The cadence column is how many steps a minute that speed takes at 5′7″ — about 100 a minute is where walking becomes moderate exercise, as steps per minute explains.
Walking or running
These counts are for walking. Running steps are longer, so the same distance takes noticeably fewer of them; why the low figures you see quoted are usually running figures is on how many steps are in a mile.
Other distances
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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
- Step length ≈ 0.413 × height: the ratio behind steps in a mile and every calculator on this site.
- 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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