Meters to feet converter
This meters to feet converter turns a length in meters into feet as you type, with a feet and inches version in the list, for a mountain elevation, a pool depth or a floor plan drawn in metric.
Formula: ft = m ÷ 0.3048 10 ÷ 0.3048 = 32.80839895
In every unit (30)
- Nanometer10,000,000,000 nm
- Micrometer10,000,000 μm
- Millimeter10,000 mm
- Centimeter1,000 cm
- Decimeter100 dm
- Decameter1 dam
- Hectometer0.1 hm
- Kilometer0.01 km
- Arpent0.17102788 arp
- Inches393.7007874 in
- Inches (fraction)393 11/16 in (Fraction)
- Feet32.80839895 ft
- Feet + Inch32 ft 9.7 in
- Yards10.93613298 yd
- Miles0.00621371 mi
- Fathoms INTL5.46806649 fm
- Nautical mile0.00539957 nmi
- Furlong0.0497097 fur
- Chain0.49709695 ch
- Pole1.98838782 p
- Light year1.057 × 10⁻¹⁵ ly
- Parsec3.2408 × 10⁻¹⁶ pc
- Krabiat1,920.12288786 Krabiat
- Nio0.48007681 Nio
- Khuep40 Kh
- Sok20 Sok
- Wa5 Wa
- Sen0.25 Sen
- Yot0.000625 Yot
- Ångström100,000,000,000 Å
What the meters to feet converter calculates
Enter meters on the left and read feet on the right. The page opens on 10 m, which is 32.81 ft, or 32 ft 9.7 in on the "Feet + Inch" line further down, the way a US builder would write it. Yards, inches and miles sit in the same list. A sum works as well: type 3.6+4.2 for two walls and the meters to feet converter adds them first, then shows 25.59 ft. To go back, the round button leads to the feet to meters converter.
Since January 1, 2023, the United States uses a single foot of exactly 0.3048 meter. The older US survey foot, a hair longer, is now kept for historic and legacy records only, as NIST announced. Dividing meters by 0.3048 is the whole method, and the meters to feet converter does just that, so no rounding creeps in before the display. Rounded to five decimals, 1 m is 3.28084 ft.
Common values
| m | ft |
|---|---|
| 0.5 | 1.6404 |
| 1 | 3.2808 |
| 1.5 | 4.9213 |
| 2 | 6.5617 |
| 2.5 | 8.2021 |
| 3 | 9.8425 |
| 4 | 13.1234 |
| 5 | 16.4042 |
| 10 | 32.8084 |
| 15 | 49.2126 |
| 20 | 65.6168 |
| 25 | 82.021 |
| 50 | 164.042 |
| 100 | 328.084 |
| 500 | 1,640.4199 |
| 1,000 | 3,280.8399 |
Meters to feet for mountains, homes and the pool
Maps, trail signs and guidebooks outside the US give elevation in meters. Mount Everest, officially 8,848.86 m since 2020, stands 29,031.7 ft tall, and a trail that tops out at 2,500 m reaches about 8,202 ft. Type the figure from the map into the meters to feet converter and compare it with the elevations you know from home.
A floor plan from Europe or Asia gives every room in meters. A 4 m by 5 m bedroom measures 13.1 by 16.4 ft, about 215 square feet, and a 2.5 m ceiling is 8 ft 2.4 in, a touch above the 8-foot ceiling common in US houses. For the floor area itself, our area converter handles square meters.
Pools and sports use meters too. An Olympic pool is 50 m long, 164 ft, a 100 m sprint covers 328 ft, and a beginner scuba course caps depth at 18 m, which is 59 ft. Quick mental check: triple the meters and add a tenth of the result. For a depth limit or a building permit, the m to ft figure should come from the meters to feet converter, not from that shortcut.
Drone pilots meet the same switch. In the European Union, the open category caps flights at 120 m above the ground, which is 393.7 ft, a little under the 400 ft that US pilots know from FAA rules. Before flying abroad, check the local ceiling in the meters to feet converter.