Meters to feet converter
Meters to feet, and feet back to meters
Type in either box. The example turns 10 meters into feet.
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The rule
One foot is exactly 0.3048 meters. This comes from the 1959 definition of the inch as 2.54 cm, since a foot is 12 inches (NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C). So meters to feet: divide by 0.3048, which is about the same as multiplying by 3.28084. Feet to meters: multiply by 0.3048.
Worked example
10 m ÷ 0.3048 = 32.8084 feet. The 0.8084 of a foot is 0.8084 × 12 = 9.7 inches, so 10 m is 32 ft 9.7 in. Going back, 32.8084 × 0.3048 = 10 m.
Room sizes and plots
For floor areas, convert each side and multiply, or use the area converter: one square meter is 10.7639 square feet, not 3.28. In India and elsewhere, property sizes are often quoted in square feet even when plans are drawn in meters.
US survey feet
Old US land records may use the US survey foot (1200/3937 m), retired in 2023. Over 1,000 feet the two differ by only 0.6 mm, so it matters only for surveying. The length converter includes it.
A quick check in your head
A meter is a little over 3 feet 3 inches. Multiply meters by 3 and add a tenth: 10 m gives 30 + 3 = 33 ft.
Rounding
The answer is worked out from the exact definition, then shown to 4 decimal places (6 significant figures for numbers below 1). It says "exactly" only when nothing was rounded.
Meters to feet chart
Worked out from the exact definitions and rounded as above.
| Meters | Feet |
|---|---|
| 0.5 m | 1.6404 ft |
| 1 m | 3.2808 ft |
| 1.5 m | 4.9213 ft |
| 2 m | 6.5617 ft |
| 2.5 m | 8.2021 ft |
| 3 m | 9.8425 ft |
| 4 m | 13.1234 ft |
| 5 m | 16.4042 ft |
| 10 m | 32.8084 ft |
| 15 m | 49.2126 ft |
| 20 m | 65.6168 ft |
| 25 m | 82.021 ft |
| 30 m | 98.4252 ft |
| 50 m | 164.042 ft |
| 100 m | 328.084 ft |
| 1,000 m | 3,280.8399 ft |
| Feet | Meters |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.3048 m |
| 2 ft | 0.6096 m |
| 3 ft | 0.9144 m |
| 4 ft | 1.2192 m |
| 5 ft | 1.524 m |
| 6 ft | 1.8288 m |
| 7 ft | 2.1336 m |
| 8 ft | 2.4384 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 12 ft | 3.6576 m |
| 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 1,000 ft | 304.8 m |