Meters to Feet Converter

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Convert meters to feet using the exact factor 1 ft = 0.3048 m, defined by the 1959 international agreement. The reverse rate works out to 1 m ≈ 3.2808 ft. Useful for human height in US-style listings, ceiling heights, building floor heights and aviation altitudes (which use feet worldwide). Live conversion in your browser, nothing uploaded.

Meter (m)
Foot (ft)

Meter (m) → Foot (ft)

Quick reference table

Meter (m)Foot (ft)
1 m3.2808 ft
2 m6.5617 ft
5 m16.4042 ft
10 m32.8084 ft
25 m82.021 ft
50 m164.042 ft
100 m328.084 ft

Glossary

Meter (m)

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. One meter equals 100 cm, 1000 mm, 3.2808 ft or 1.0936 yd. It anchors all other metric length units and is the backbone of scientific and engineering measurement worldwide.

Foot (ft)

A foot is twelve inches, defined as exactly 0.3048 m. It is the dominant length unit in US construction, aviation altitude, ceiling heights and human height in many English-speaking countries. Three feet make one yard; 5,280 feet make one statute mile.

Metric system (SI)

The metric system is a decimal system of measurement built around the meter for length, the kilogram for mass and the second for time, with multiples and submultiples expressed as powers of ten (millimeter, centimeter, kilometer). Adopted in France in 1799 and codified internationally as the International System of Units (SI) in 1960, it is now the official measurement system in nearly every country and the standard in science and engineering worldwide.

Imperial / US Customary system

The imperial system is the historical English system of weights and measures whose length units are the inch, foot, yard and mile (12 in = 1 ft, 3 ft = 1 yd, 1,760 yd = 1 mi). Codified by the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 and aligned with US Customary by the international yard-and-pound agreement of 1959 (1 inch = 25.4 mm exactly), it is still used in the United States, the United Kingdom and a handful of other countries for everyday distances.

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