About converting feet to metres
A foot is exactly 0.3048 metres, which follows from the inch being exactly 0.0254 metres. Multiply feet by 0.3048, or divide by 3.2808 to go the other way.
Both spellings are in use: metre in Britain, India and most of the Commonwealth, meter in the United States. They are the same unit, and this page answers to either.
Foot to Metre reference table
| Foot | Metre |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 5.5 ft | 1.6764 m |
| 6 ft | 1.8288 m |
| 6.5 ft | 1.9812 m |
| 7 ft | 2.1336 m |
| 8 ft | 2.4384 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 12 ft | 3.6576 m |
| 15 ft | 4.572 m |
| 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
Frequently asked questions
- How many metres is 6 feet?
- 1.8288 metres. Six foot is often rounded to 1.83 m, which is accurate to within a millimetre.
- How do I convert a height given in feet and inches?
- Convert the whole thing to inches first - 5 foot 10 is 70 inches - then multiply by 0.0254. That gives 1.778 metres.
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