Meters to Feet Converter

Meters to feet converter: turn meters into decimal feet and into feet and inches, rounded to the inch fraction you choose. 1 m = 3.28084 ft.

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Alize Mendez

Updated

28 Oct 2026

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Meters to Feet Converter
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Meters	1 m
Feet	3.28084 ft
Rounded to the nearest 8th of an inch	3 ft 3 3/8 in

Meters to feet at a glance#

How many feet are in a meter?#

One meter is 3.28084 feet, or 3 ft 3 3/8 in to the nearest eighth of an inch. This number is derived from the definition of the foot. Since 1959, one foot has been exactly 0.3048 meters, so a meter is 1 ÷ 0.3048, about 3.28084 feet.

How do you convert meters to feet?#

You can convert meters to feet by dividing the length in meters by 0.3048, or by multiplying it by 3.28084, which is sufficient for everyday use. For instance, 1.8 ÷ 0.3048 = 5.90551 feet. The converter above multiplies by 3.280839895 and also shows the result in feet and inches.

What is 1.8 meters in feet and inches?#

1.8 meters is equivalent to 5.90551 feet, which rounds to 5 ft 10 7/8 in to the nearest eighth of an inch. This length is also 180 cm, or 70.87 inches in total.

Where 0.3048 comes from#

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the US standards agency, defines it: one foot equals 0.3048 meter exactly. This relationship was fixed in 1959, and given that a foot is 12 inches, an inch is exactly 2.54 cm. Every conversion from meters to feet follows from these two numbers, so rounding only occurs in the final step.

Some older US land surveys used a slightly longer foot, known as the US survey foot, defined as 1200/3937 of a meter. NIST and NOAA retired it, and it has been obsolete since January 1, 2023. Over a full mile, the difference between the two feet is only about 3.2 mm, roughly an eighth of an inch, meaning the difference is negligible for measuring heights or rooms.

Every step below converts 1.8 meters.

A meter scale from 0 to 2 m above a feet scale from 0 to 6 ft at the same length, where 1 ft = 0.3048 m, with a marker at 1.8 m crossing the feet scale at 5 ft 10 7/8 in — A foot is exactly 0.3048 m, so 1.8 m lines up with 5.90551 ft.

How to convert meters to feet and inches#

Divide the meters by 0.3048 to get feet. 1.8 ÷ 0.3048 = 5.90551 ft.
Keep the whole number as the feet. Here that is 5 ft.
Multiply the decimal part by 12 to get inches. 0.90551 × 12 = 10.866 in.
Round the inches to the fraction you need. To the nearest eighth, 0.866 × 8 = 6.93, which rounds to 7, so the inches are 10 7/8.

1.8 m divided by 0.3048 is 5.90551 ft, the whole part is 5 ft, 0.90551 × 12 = 10.866 in, which is 10 7/8 in to the nearest eighth, so 1.8 m = 5 ft 10 7/8 in — The decimal part of the feet becomes inches when multiplied by 12.

Putting it all together, 1.8 meters converts to 5 ft 10 7/8 in. There's also a quicker way through inches: since 1 inch is 2.54 cm, dividing 180 cm by 2.54 gives 70.866 inches. Divide this by 12 and you'll find 5 feet with 10.866 inches left over, matching the original calculation.

Using the converter#

Enter a length in meters. The decimal places box allows you to set how many decimal places the feet result is rounded to, ranging from 0 to 9 places. The inch fraction box determines the smallest fraction of an inch in the feet and inches result: 1 for whole inches, 2 for halves, 4 for quarters, 8 for eighths, or 16 for sixteenths. The fraction appears over the number you selected and isn't simplified, so 2 meters to the nearest eighth reads 6 ft 6 6/8 in, which is 6 ft 6 3/4 in.

The converter only operates from meters to feet. To convert the other way, multiply feet by 0.3048, so 6 feet is 1.8288 meters. For feet and inches, convert everything to inches first and then multiply by 2.54. 5 ft 10 in is 70 inches, and 70 × 2.54 equals 177.8 cm.

Heights in meters, feet and inches#

Most of the world measures height in meters or centimeters, while the US uses feet and inches. The table below provides a conversion of common heights, rounded to the nearest eighth of an inch, fractions simplified. The BMI calculator accepts height in centimeters or in feet and inches.

Heights in meters, feet and inches
Meters	cm	Feet	Feet and Inches
1.50 m	150 cm	4.92 ft	4 ft 11 in
1.55 m	155 cm	5.09 ft	5 ft 1 in
1.60 m	160 cm	5.25 ft	5 ft 3 in
1.65 m	165 cm	5.41 ft	5 ft 5 in
1.70 m	170 cm	5.58 ft	5 ft 6 7/8 in
1.75 m	175 cm	5.74 ft	5 ft 8 7/8 in
1.80 m	180 cm	5.91 ft	5 ft 10 7/8 in
1.85 m	185 cm	6.07 ft	6 ft 7/8 in
1.90 m	190 cm	6.23 ft	6 ft 2 3/4 in
1.95 m	195 cm	6.40 ft	6 ft 4 3/4 in
2.00 m	200 cm	6.56 ft	6 ft 6 3/4 in
2.10 m	210 cm	6.89 ft	6 ft 10 5/8 in

Square meters to square feet#

When dealing with area, the conversion uses a different factor. Both dimensions of a square are converted, so one square meter equals 1 divided by 0.3048 divided by 0.3048, resulting in 10.7639 square feet. A room measuring 20 square meters becomes 215.28 square feet. To calculate floor area from length and width, use the square footage calculator.

Where meters to feet comes up#

Height is often measured in meters in many countries. For example, a height of 1.8 meters on a passport or medical form is 5 ft 10 7/8 in when recorded in the US. In rooms and buildings, a ceiling height of 2.4 meters is equivalent to 7.87 feet, approximately 7 ft 10 1/2 in.

In sports, distances like a 100 meter race convert to 328.08 feet, and a 50 meter swimming pool measures 164.04 feet in length. Elevation and altitude, typically expressed in feet in the US, also require conversion: 6,700 meters is 21,981.6 feet.

Meters to feet conversion table#

The table uses the converter's settings of 5 decimal places and rounds to the nearest eighth of an inch, with fractions simplified.

Meters to feet conversion table
Meters	Feet	Feet and Inches
0.5 m	1.64042 ft	1 ft 7 5/8 in
1 m	3.28084 ft	3 ft 3 3/8 in
1.1 m	3.60892 ft	3 ft 7 1/4 in
1.5 m	4.92126 ft	4 ft 11 in
1.8 m	5.90551 ft	5 ft 10 7/8 in
2 m	6.56168 ft	6 ft 6 3/4 in
2.5 m	8.2021 ft	8 ft 2 3/8 in
3 m	9.84252 ft	9 ft 10 1/8 in
3.048 m	10 ft	10 ft
4 m	13.12336 ft	13 ft 1 1/2 in
5 m	16.4042 ft	16 ft 4 7/8 in
8.4 m	27.55906 ft	27 ft 6 3/4 in
10 m	32.8084 ft	32 ft 9 3/4 in
15.24 m	50 ft	50 ft
18.2 m	59.71129 ft	59 ft 8 1/2 in
20 m	65.6168 ft	65 ft 7 3/8 in
25.6 m	83.9895 ft	83 ft 11 7/8 in
30 m	98.4252 ft	98 ft 5 1/8 in
50 m	164.04199 ft	164 ft 1/2 in
100 m	328.08399 ft	328 ft 1 in
304 m	997.37533 ft	997 ft 4 1/2 in
338 m	1,108.92388 ft	1,108 ft 11 1/8 in
1,000 m	3,280.8399 ft	3,280 ft 10 1/8 in

Sources#

NIST, U.S. Survey Foot (1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly, survey foot obsolete from January 1, 2023)

Frequently asked questions#

How many meters is 10 feet?#

10 feet is exactly 3.048 meters, because each foot is 0.3048 meters. If you go in the opposite direction, 3.048 meters is exactly 10 feet, and 15.24 meters is exactly 50 feet.

Is a foot exactly 0.3048 meters?#

Yes. NIST defines the international foot as exactly 0.3048 meter. The older US survey foot was slightly longer. NIST and NOAA retired it, and it has been obsolete since January 1, 2023. So the international foot is now the standard.

How tall is 1.75 meters in feet?#

1.75 meters is 5.74147 feet, or 5 ft 8 7/8 in to the nearest eighth of an inch. That equals 175 cm.

How many centimeters are in a foot?#

A foot is exactly 30.48 cm, since 0.3048 meters is 30.48 hundredths of a meter. An inch is exactly 2.54 cm.

How do you convert meters to feet in your head?#

Multiply by 3.3 for a quick estimate. For 1.8 meters, 1.8 × 3.3 = 5.94, a little over the true 5.90551 feet. Use the converter when you need more digits.

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