Feet to Meters Converter
Convert feet to metres instantly. 1 ft = 0.3048 m exactly, with inches, centimetres, yards and kilometres alongside.
1 Foot (ft) =
0.3048 m
Metre (m)
Millimetre (mm)304.8
Centimetre (cm)30.48
Kilometre (km)0.0003048
Inch (in)12
Yard (yd)0.333333
Mile (mi)0.000189394
Nautical mile0.000164579
All other units in this category are shown above for the same input value.
About the Feet to Meters Converter
Enter a length in feet to read it in metres. The result panel repeats the figure in inches, centimetres, yards and kilometres, so a height or a room dimension can be read in whichever unit you need.
Formula
A foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 metres, so multiplying feet by 0.3048 gives metres. Dividing metres by 0.3048 — or multiplying by 3.280839895 — converts back. The definition follows from the international yard of exactly 0.9144 metres.
Feet to Meters conversion table
| Foot (ft) | Metre (m) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.3048 |
| 2 | 0.6096 |
| 3 | 0.9144 |
| 4 | 1.2192 |
| 5 | 1.524 |
| 6 | 1.8288 |
| 7 | 2.1336 |
| 8 | 2.4384 |
| 9 | 2.7432 |
| 10 | 3.048 |
| 15 | 4.572 |
| 20 | 6.096 |
| 25 | 7.62 |
| 30 | 9.144 |
| 40 | 12.192 |
| 50 | 15.24 |
| 60 | 18.288 |
| 70 | 21.336 |
| 80 | 24.384 |
| 90 | 27.432 |
| 100 | 30.48 |
| 250 | 76.2 |
| 500 | 152.4 |
| 1,000 | 304.8 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Exactly 0.3048 metres, or 30.48 centimetres. Three feet is 0.9144 metres, which is one yard.
Divide by 3.3 for a close estimate. For 100 feet that gives 30.3 m against a true 30.48 m, an error of about half a percent.
1.8288 metres, usually rounded to 1.83 m.
Turn the inches into a fraction of a foot by dividing by 12, add that to the feet, then multiply by 0.3048. 5 ft 10 in is 5.8333 ft, which is 1.778 m.
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