Feet to Meters Converter

Multiply the number of feet by 0.3048, since meters equals feet times 0.3048. For example, 6 ft becomes 6 times 0.3048, which is exactly 1.8288 m. The tool shows the same result live as you type.

Since 1959 the international foot has been defined as exactly 0.3048 meters, tied to the inch being exactly 2.54 centimeters. Because it is a definition rather than a measurement, the conversion carries no rounding error of its own.

First turn it into feet: 5 ft 9 in is 5 plus 9 divided by 12, which is 5.75 ft. Type 5.75 into the feet box to read about 1.7526 m. You can also convert the inches on their own and add the two results.

No, the box takes a single decimal number of feet, so express inches as a fraction of a foot. Six inches is 0.5 ft, three inches is 0.25 ft, and one inch is roughly 0.0833 ft. Add that fraction to the whole feet before you convert.

The math is exact, and only the display is rounded to six decimal places for readability. A value like 6 ft shows as 1.8288 m with no hidden approximation, while a repeating result such as 1 meter back to feet shows as 3.28084 ft.

1 ft is 0.3048 m, 3 ft (one yard) is 0.9144 m, 6 ft is 1.8288 m, 10 ft is 3.048 m, and 100 ft is 30.48 m. Each value is simply the feet multiplied by 0.3048, which is why the reference table scales cleanly.

It uses the international foot of exactly 0.3048 m, which is standard for almost all everyday and engineering use. The US survey foot is very slightly longer and matters only for large-scale land surveying, where the tiny difference can accumulate over long distances.

Yes. Negative values convert with the same factor, which is useful for elevation differences below a reference point, and large numbers convert instantly since the browser does the arithmetic. Blank or non-numeric input simply leaves the other box empty.

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser with no network request, so the values you enter never leave your device and nothing is logged.