Convert length units instantly — meters, feet, inches, centimeters, kilometers, miles, and more.
| Unit | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| m | Meter | 0.3048 |
| km | Kilometer | 0.0003048 |
| cm | Centimeter | 30.48 |
| mm | Millimeter | 304.8 |
| in | Inch | 12 |
| yd | Yard | 0.33333333 |
| mi | Mile | 0.00018939394 |
| nmi | Nautical Mile | 0.00016457883 |
Multiply the number of Foots by 0.3048 to get Meters. Formula: m = ft × 0.3048. Example: 10 ft × 0.3048 = 3.048 m. To reverse, divide Meters by 0.3048 to get Foots.
| Foot (ft) | Meter (m) |
|---|---|
| 0.001 ft | 0.0003048 m |
| 0.01 ft | 0.003048 m |
| 0.1 ft | 0.03048 m |
| 0.5 ft | 0.1524 m |
| 1 ft | 0.3048 m |
| 2 ft | 0.6096 m |
| 5 ft | 1.524 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 250 ft | 76.2 m |
| 500 ft | 152.4 m |
| 1000 ft | 304.8 m |
| 10000 ft | 3048 m |
To convert Foot to Meter, multiply by 0.3048. Example: 10 ft = 3.048 m
To convert Meter back to Foot, divide by 0.3048 (multiply by 3.28084). Use the swap button above.
Start with 100 Foots = 30.48 m as your reference point. Scale up or down from there.
The US uses feet while most of the world uses metres. Every international construction project, building code comparison, and imported material specification requires foot-to-metre conversion — it is the single most common cross-system length conversion in global construction.
Olympic swimming pools are 50 metres (164.04 ft) while US pools are 25 yards. Track events use metres; US track uses yards and feet. Every international athlete, coach, and sports journalist converts between feet and metres for global competition.
US engineers and scientists routinely convert between feet (US customary) and metres (SI) when publishing internationally, interfacing with global standards, or importing/exporting technical specifications across measurement systems.
Aircraft altitudes are officially measured in feet worldwide, but pressure altitude, atmosphere models, and meteorological data use metres. Pilots and aviation engineers convert between feet and metres in every flight operations calculation.
Height is expressed in feet and inches in the US and metres everywhere else. Every international document — passport, medical record, athletic profile, immigration form — involving a US national requires foot-to-metre conversion.
US property dimensions in feet must be converted to metres for international buyers, property portals like Rightmove and Domain, and for compliance with EU building regulations when US companies operate in European markets.
The Foot is a unit of Length measurement (symbol: ft). 1 ft = 0.3048 m. Used in scientific and practical Length measurement applications.
The Meter is a unit of Length measurement (symbol: m). It is part of an internationally recognised measurement system used alongside the Foot.
The foot is one of humanity's oldest measurement units, used by ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans — each with slightly different values. The English statute foot was standardised at 12 inches in 1305 under King Edward I. Its definition was refined multiple times over centuries, finally fixed as exactly 0.3048 metres under the International Yard and Pound Agreement of 1959, signed by the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. Today the foot remains official in the US, UK (for road distances and aviation), and international aviation worldwide.
The metre was born from the French Revolution's desire to replace chaotic pre-metric measurement with a rational universal standard. In 1791 the French Academy of Sciences defined it as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along the Paris meridian. In 1983, the metre was redefined using the speed of light — exactly the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Today it is the world's most widely used unit of length.
Common use: Foot to Meter conversion is needed when working with international standards, scientific publications, or reference materials that use different unit systems for Length measurement.