cm to feet converter
This cm to feet converter turns a height in centimeters into feet and inches as you type, so 175 cm reads 5 ft 8.9 in, the way Americans say how tall someone is.
Formula: ft = cm ÷ 30.48 175 ÷ 30.48 ≈ 5.7415 ft → 0.7415 × 12 ≈ 8.9 in
In every unit (30)
- Nanometer1,750,000,000 nm
- Micrometer1,750,000 μm
- Millimeter1,750 mm
- Decimeter17.5 dm
- Meter1.75 m
- Decameter0.175 dam
- Hectometer0.0175 hm
- Kilometer0.00175 km
- Arpent0.02992988 arp
- Inches68.8976378 in
- Inches (fraction)68 7/8 in (Fraction)
- Feet5.74146982 ft
- Feet + Inch5 ft 8.9 in
- Yards1.91382327 yd
- Miles0.0010874 mi
- Fathoms INTL0.95691164 fm
- Nautical mile0.00094492 nmi
- Furlong0.0086992 fur
- Chain0.08699197 ch
- Pole0.34796787 p
- Light year1.8498 × 10⁻¹⁶ ly
- Parsec5.6714 × 10⁻¹⁷ pc
- Krabiat336.02150538 Krabiat
- Nio0.08401344 Nio
- Khuep7 Kh
- Sok3.5 Sok
- Wa0.875 Wa
- Sen0.04375 Sen
- Yot0.00010938 Yot
- Ångström17,500,000,000 Å
How the cm to feet converter splits feet and inches
Type a height in centimeters and the result shows as feet plus inches, rounded to a tenth of an inch. The list underneath gives the same height in decimal feet, plain inches, meters and the rest of the length units. With the round button you switch to the feet to cm converter, where you type feet and inches instead.
Two exact facts do the work: a foot is 12 inches, and an inch is 2.54 cm, as NIST confirms. The cm to feet converter first divides by 2.54, 175 ÷ 2.54 = 68.898 inches, then takes out the whole feet: 5 × 12 = 60, which leaves 8.898, shown as 8.9 inches. Nothing is rounded before that last step.
Common values
| cm | ft + in |
|---|---|
| 150 | 4 ft 11.1 in |
| 155 | 5 ft 1 in |
| 160 | 5 ft 3 in |
| 165 | 5 ft 5 in |
| 170 | 5 ft 6.9 in |
| 175 | 5 ft 8.9 in |
| 180 | 5 ft 10.9 in |
| 185 | 6 ft 0.8 in |
| 190 | 6 ft 2.8 in |
| 195 | 6 ft 4.8 in |
| 200 | 6 ft 6.7 in |
| 210 | 6 ft 10.7 in |
Centimeters to feet for a height, a form or a room
Watch the decimal trap. In decimal feet, 175 cm is 5.74 ft, and 5.74 ft is not 5 feet 7.4 inches: the .74 is a share of a foot, close to 8.9 inches. That mix-up hides in many quick answers; the height conversion chart on our blog walks through it. When someone asks how tall you are, they want cm to feet and inches, not decimals.
Heights travel in centimeters across most of the world: a medical record from abroad, a growth chart from a pediatrician in Europe, a dating profile written in Spain or Japan. A US driver's license and most US forms ask for feet and inches, so the cm to feet converter puts 163 cm on the form as 5 ft 4 in (5 ft 4.2 in before rounding) and 188 cm as 6 ft 2 in.
Basketball shows the gap well. European leagues and FIBA list players in centimeters, the NBA in feet and inches, so a 203 cm forward is 6 ft 7.9 in and a 211 cm center is 6 ft 11.1 in. Type the roster figure into the cm to feet converter to compare a player with the ones you know.
Rooms and furniture follow the same logic. A 240 cm ceiling in a European apartment is 7 ft 10.5 in, and a wardrobe 90 cm wide is 2 ft 11.4 in. For any measurement given in centimeters, the cm to feet converter answers in the form a US hardware store or realtor would use.