Feet to meters converter
This feet to meters converter turns feet into meters and meters into feet with every digit you type, and handles inches too, for a room size, a height, a flight altitude or a building plan.
Formula: m = ft × 0.3048 10 × 0.3048 = 3.048
In every unit (30)
- Nanometer3,048,000,000 nm
- Micrometer3,048,000 μm
- Millimeter3,048 mm
- Centimeter304.8 cm
- Decimeter30.48 dm
- Meter3.048 m
- Decameter0.3048 dam
- Hectometer0.03048 hm
- Kilometer0.003048 km
- Arpent0.0521293 arp
- Inches120 in
- Inches (fraction)120 in (Fraction)
- Feet + Inch10 ft 0 in
- Yards3.33333333 yd
- Miles0.00189394 mi
- Fathoms INTL1.66666667 fm
- Nautical mile0.00164579 nmi
- Furlong0.01515152 fur
- Chain0.15151515 ch
- Pole0.60606061 p
- Light year3.2217 × 10⁻¹⁶ ly
- Parsec9.8779 × 10⁻¹⁷ pc
- Krabiat585.25345622 Krabiat
- Nio0.14632741 Nio
- Khuep12.192 Kh
- Sok6.096 Sok
- Wa1.524 Wa
- Sen0.0762 Sen
- Yot0.0001905 Yot
- Ångström30,480,000,000 Å
How the feet to meters converter works
Type a value in feet and read the meters next to it, or swap the units with the round button to convert meters to feet. The list below gives the same length in inches, yards, centimeters and every other unit. For a height such as 5 feet 9, pick "Feet + Inch": two fields appear, one for feet and one for inches.
The math rests on an exact definition: a foot is 0.3048 meter, that is 12 inches of 2.54 cm, since the 1959 international agreement (NIST). To convert feet to meters you multiply by 0.3048, and to go back you divide. The feet to meters converter keeps every decimal.
Common values
| ft | m |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.3048 |
| 2 | 0.6096 |
| 3 | 0.9144 |
| 5 | 1.524 |
| 6 | 1.8288 |
| 8 | 2.4384 |
| 10 | 3.048 |
| 12 | 3.6576 |
| 15 | 4.572 |
| 20 | 6.096 |
| 25 | 7.62 |
| 30 | 9.144 |
| 40 | 12.192 |
| 50 | 15.24 |
| 100 | 30.48 |
| 1,000 | 304.8 |
Altitude, height and floor plans
Aviation uses feet worldwide: a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet is about 10,668 meters. Mountain heights, ceiling heights and pool depths in the US are given in feet as well, while the rest of the world quotes meters.
For people, "six feet" is 1.83 m, and our height conversion chart lists the common heights in both systems. For a floor plan given in square feet, the Area category of the conversion calculator converts it to square meters.
Mental shortcut: one meter is about 3.28 feet, so divide feet by 3.3 for a quick estimate. For a figure that goes on a plan or an order form, the feet to meters converter is the safer bet.