Meters to Feet

Meters and feet

The meter is the SI base unit of length, defined since 1983 as the distance light travels in vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Heights, room dimensions, fabric and sports tracks are measured in meters in most of the world.

The international foot is exactly 0.3048 meters, a third of a yard, and is divided into 12 inches. Height in the US and UK, aircraft altitude worldwide, and room and property sizes in the US are given in feet.

Worked example

Convert 100 m: 100 × 3.280839895 = 328.0839895, so 100 meters is 328.0839895 feet. Likewise 200 m = 656.167979 ft.

Estimating in your head

Multiply by 3.3 for a quick figure; it is off by about 0.6%. For 100 m that gives 330 ft, against 328.084 exactly.

Going the other way

To convert feet to meters, divide by 3.280839895 (or multiply by 0.3048). The swap button between the boxes opens that page.

ft = m × 3.280839895

1 m = 1 m and 1 ft = 0.3048 m, both by definition, so the factor is their ratio: 3.280839895 (rounded here; the page uses the full value). Results drop binary floating-point noise beyond 15 significant digits and display at the precision you choose (6 significant figures by default). Copy result copies the full value.