Feet to Meters Converter
Feet to Meters
Enter a length in feet to convert it to meters. The exact factor, the calculation steps and a rounded value are shown with every result.
Feet to Meters Converter — enter your values
Meters
0.3048 m
- Rounded
- 0.3 m
- Reverse factor
- 1 m = 3.2808399 ft
Calculation
- 1 ft × 0.3048 = 0.3048 m
Formula
meters = feet × 0.3048
Worked examples
Ceiling height
8 × 0.3048
= 2.4384 m
American football field
300 × 0.3048
= 91.44 m
Person's height
5.9 × 0.3048
= 1.79832 m
Why the factor is exact
The international yard and pound agreement fixed one foot at 0.3048 meters exactly, which is the factor used here — no approximation is involved.
Frequently asked questions
- How many meters is 6 feet?
- 6 feet equals 1.8288 meters exactly.
- What about feet and inches together?
- Convert the inches to a decimal first by dividing by 12, then enter the total in feet.