Feet to Metres Converter (ft to m)
Convert feet to metres instantly. 1 ft = 0.3048 m. Includes the formula, a full conversion table and a calculator that works offline.
The formula
To convert feet to metres, multiply by 0.3048:
m = ft × 0.3048Going the other way, divide instead — or multiply by 3.281, which is the same thing:
ft = m × 3.281Feet to Metres conversion table
| Feet | Metres |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.3048 m |
| 2 ft | 0.6096 m |
| 3 ft | 0.9144 m |
| 4 ft | 1.219 m |
| 5 ft | 1.524 m |
| 6 ft | 1.829 m |
| 7 ft | 2.134 m |
| 8 ft | 2.438 m |
| 9 ft | 2.743 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 15 ft | 4.572 m |
| 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| 25 ft | 7.62 m |
| 30 ft | 9.144 m |
| 40 ft | 12.192 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 75 ft | 22.86 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 250 ft | 76.2 m |
| 500 ft | 152.4 m |
| 1000 ft | 304.8 m |
Metres to Feet
| Metres | Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 3.281 ft |
| 2 m | 6.562 ft |
| 3 m | 9.843 ft |
| 4 m | 13.123 ft |
| 5 m | 16.404 ft |
| 6 m | 19.685 ft |
| 7 m | 22.966 ft |
| 8 m | 26.247 ft |
| 9 m | 29.528 ft |
| 10 m | 32.808 ft |
What that actually looks like
A conversion factor is hard to judge on its own. These are quantities most people already have a feel for, converted for you:
- A tall adult is around 6 feet — 1.829 m
- A basketball hoop is 10 feet up — 3.048 m
- A single storey is roughly 10 feet — 3.048 m
- A football pitch is about 360 feet long — 109.73 m
Why both units are still in use
Almost every country measures length in metres and centimetres. The United States is the significant exception, and the United Kingdom is genuinely split: road signs are in miles, a person's height is in feet and inches, but a bottle of water is in millilitres and a running race is in kilometres. That is why this conversion comes up so often — not because one system is replacing the other, but because both are in daily use side by side.
Mistakes worth avoiding
The most common mistake is mixing feet and inches in one number. Five foot ten is 5.833 feet, not 5.10 — the inches are twelfths, not hundredths. Convert the inches separately, or work in inches throughout and divide at the end.
The other habit worth breaking is rounding too early. Convert first, round once at the end, and you avoid the drift that turns a small approximation into a visible error by the third calculation.
Doing it in your head
When you only need a rough answer, multiply by 3 and divide by 10 — which lands within 1.6 percent of the true value. Ten feet works out at roughly 3 metres that way, against 3.048 exactly. An estimate is enough for deciding whether something will fit or whether a figure sounds plausible. When the number has to be right — because you are buying, cooking or building to it — use the calculator and let it carry the decimals.
Common questions
How many metres are in one foot?
One foot equals 0.3048 metres. The calculator above handles any value, including decimals and very large numbers, and updates as you type.
Is this an exact conversion?
Yes — this is an exact defined ratio, not an approximation. The table rounds for readability; the calculator does not.
Does this work offline?
Yes. The conversion runs in your browser with no network request, so it works on a plane, in a basement, or on a phone with no signal once the page has loaded.