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Feet to Meters
One foot is exactly 0.3048 metres. Multiply feet by 0.3048 for room sizes, altitude, and any spec that has to be metric.
1 ft = 0.3048 m
How to use it
- Type a value in feet. The metres result updates immediately.
- Read the full factor under the result if you need to check the math by hand.
- Use the table for the values people look up most often.
- Open the reverse converter when you already have metres.
Formula
metres = feet × 0.3048
The foot used here is the international foot of exactly 0.3048 metres. US survey feet differ by two parts per million and only matter in old land surveys.
Six feet, in metres
6 × 0.3048 = 1.8288 metres. If the height is 6 feet 2 inches, convert the extra 2 inches as 2 × 0.0254 = 0.0508 metres and add them: 1.8796 metres.
Six feet is 1.829 metres, the line people mean by “six feet tall” only if the inches are zero. Six feet one inch is 1.854 metres. A 10 foot ceiling is 3.048 metres. An altitude of 29,032 feet, often quoted for Everest, is 8,848.9 metres. For inch-level work, convert inches to centimetres first or add the inches as feet ÷ 12.
Common feet to meters values
| feet | metres |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.3048 m |
| 3 ft | 0.9144 m |
| 6 ft | 1.8288 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 5,280 ft | 1,609.344 m |
Questions
How do I convert feet to metres?
Use metres = feet × 0.3048. The converter applies that factor at full precision and rounds only what it displays.
Is this feet to meters factor exact?
The foot used here is the international foot of exactly 0.3048 metres. US survey feet differ by two parts per million and only matter in old land surveys.
How many metres is 5 feet 10 inches?
5 feet is 1.524 metres and 10 inches is 0.254 metres, so 5 feet 10 inches is 1.778 metres.
Does ProHacks store the number I type?
No. The conversion runs in your browser. The value is not uploaded with the calculation.