Yards to metres converter

The rule

One yard is exactly 0.9144 metres. The yard was fixed at this length by the 1959 international yard and pound agreement, which the UK, Australia, the US and others signed (NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C). Yards to metres: multiply by 0.9144. Metres to yards: divide by 0.9144, which is about multiplying by 1.0936.

Worked example

100 yd × 0.9144 = 91.44 m. Going back, 91.44 ÷ 0.9144 = 100 yards. A metre is about 1.09 yards, so 100 m is 109.36 yards.

Where yards still appear

Fabric and wool are still sold by the yard in some shops, and Australian and British patterns may give both. Golf course distances in the UK and Ireland are in yards, as are many American football and cricket figures (a cricket pitch is 22 yards, 20.12 m). Old Australian land and building plans can show yards and feet.

A quick check in your head

A yard is a bit less than a metre: take off a tenth to get metres. 100 yards is about 90 m (exactly 91.44). Going the other way, add a tenth: 50 m is about 55 yards (exactly 54.68).

Feet as well

One yard is 3 feet, so the answer card shows feet too. For feet and inches, see metres to feet.

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.