How to convert meters to feet
- Take the value in meters.
- Use the formula feet = meters × 3.280839895.
- For example, 1.8 m is 5.91 ft.
About meters and feet
A foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 meters, so to turn meters into feet you divide by 0.3048. That makes 1 meter about 3.28084 feet, or 3 feet 3.37 inches.
You meet this conversion with heights on ID cards and medical forms, ceiling and room sizes in floor plans, and the heights of buildings and mountains, which the US gives in feet and most other countries give in meters.
Examples
- 1.8 m (the height of a tall adult) is 5.91 ft
- 2 m (roughly the height of a door) is 6.56 ft
- 100 m (the 100 m sprint) is 328.08 ft
- 8,848.86 m (the height of Mount Everest) is 29,031.69 ft
Meters to feet chart
| Meters (m) | Feet (ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3.28 |
| 2 | 6.56 |
| 3 | 9.84 |
| 4 | 13.12 |
| 5 | 16.4 |
| 6 | 19.69 |
| 7 | 22.97 |
| 8 | 26.25 |
| 9 | 29.53 |
| 10 | 32.81 |
| 12 | 39.37 |
| 15 | 49.21 |
| 20 | 65.62 |
| Meters (m) | Feet (ft) |
|---|---|
| 25 | 82.02 |
| 30 | 98.43 |
| 40 | 131.23 |
| 50 | 164.04 |
| 60 | 196.85 |
| 70 | 229.66 |
| 80 | 262.47 |
| 90 | 295.28 |
| 100 | 328.08 |
| 150 | 492.13 |
| 200 | 656.17 |
| 500 | 1,640.42 |
| 1,000 | 3,280.84 |