Feet to Meters Converter
Feet and inches in, meters out, with an exact conversion factor in both directions.
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- 1 ft0.305 m30.5 cm
- 5 ft1.524 m152.4 cm
- 6 ft1.829 m182.9 cm
- 10 ft3.048 m304.8 cm
- 12 ft3.658 m365.8 cm
- 15 ft4.572 m457.2 cm
- 20 ft6.096 m609.6 cm
- 50 ft15.240 m1524.0 cm
- 100 ft30.480 m3048.0 cm
Converting a person's height rather than a distance? The height converter handles feet and inches as separate fields.
The formula
ft = m ÷ 0.3048
Worked example: 6 ft × 0.3048 = 1.8288 m.
0.3048 is exact by definition. This is the international foot, which since 1 January 2023 is the only foot in official US use. The US survey foot was deprecated at the end of 2022 and survives only for legacy coordinate systems.
Conversion table
| Feet | Meters | Centimeters | Yards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.3048 | 30.5 | 0.333 |
| 2 ft | 0.6096 | 61.0 | 0.667 |
| 3 ft | 0.9144 | 91.4 | 1.000 |
| 5 ft | 1.5240 | 152.4 | 1.667 |
| 6 ft | 1.8288 | 182.9 | 2.000 |
| 10 ft | 3.0480 | 304.8 | 3.333 |
| 12 ft | 3.6576 | 365.8 | 4.000 |
| 15 ft | 4.5720 | 457.2 | 5.000 |
| 20 ft | 6.0960 | 609.6 | 6.667 |
| 25 ft | 7.6200 | 762.0 | 8.333 |
| 50 ft | 15.2400 | 1524.0 | 16.667 |
| 100 ft | 30.4800 | 3048.0 | 33.333 |
The survey foot was retired in 2022
The US survey foot is a retired US unit, defined slightly differently from the international foot of exactly 0.3048 meters and larger by about two parts per million. NIST and NOAA's National Geodetic Survey deprecated it on 31 December 2022. Since 1 January 2023 it is deemed obsolete, and any data published from surveying or mapping in the US is expressed in the international foot, now called simply the foot.
It survives only for legacy applications, notably coordinates in the State Plane Coordinate Systems of 1927 and 1983, which NGS continues to support. If you aren't working in one of those systems, there is only one foot now, and it is the one this converter uses.
The same Federal Register notice redefined the chain, link, rod, furlong, fathom and acre on the international foot, so the old survey-based versions of those units are equally obsolete.
Common questions
How many meters is 6 feet?
6 feet is 1.8288 meters exactly, since a foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 meters.
Is a foot exactly 0.3048 meters?
Yes, for the international foot used everywhere in everyday work. The US survey foot was larger by about two parts per million. It was deprecated on 31 December 2022 and is now obsolete outside legacy state plane coordinate systems.
How do I convert feet to meters quickly?
Divide by 3 and subtract about 1.6 percent. Dividing by 3 gives 0.3333 against the true 0.3048, so the quick answer runs high.
What is 100 feet in meters?
100 feet is exactly 30.48 meters. The foot has been defined as exactly 0.3048 meters since the 1959 international agreement, so this is a definition rather than a measurement and carries no rounding error.
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Sources
- U.S. Survey Foot: Frequently Asked Questions. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Source for the 31 December 2022 deprecation, the obsolete status from 1 January 2023, and the retention of the survey foot for legacy state plane coordinate systems only.
- NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B: Conversion Factors. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Source for every conversion factor on this page, and for which factors are exact rather than rounded.