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Feet to Meters Converter

1 foot (ft) = exactly 0.3048 meters (m) — the international standard since 1959. 6 ft = 1.8288 m.

Inverse conversion

1 meter (m) = 3.28084 feet (ft). A person 1.8 m tall is about 5 ft 10.9 in — roughly 5 ft 11 in.

Meters to Feet

Formula

Formula

m = ft × 0.3048

Worked example

To convert 100 ft to meters, multiply 100 × 0.3048. Result: 30.48 m.

Quick reference table

ftm
10.3048
30.9144
51.524
103.048
257.62
5015.24
10030.48
20060.96

Unit definitions

Foot (ft)

The foot (ft) is an imperial unit of length equal to exactly 0.3048 m. It equals 12 inches or 1/3 of a yard.

Meter (m)

The meter (m) is the SI base unit of length. All other metric length units are defined as decimal multiples or fractions of the meter.

Common use cases

  • Converting ceiling heights and room dimensions to metric
  • International construction drawings
  • Sports: converting field dimensions
  • Aviation: altitude in feet → meters for international charts

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