Convert Feet to Centimeters
1 foot is 30.48 cm. One foot is exactly 30.48 centimeters.
One foot is 30.48 centimeters. To convert feet to centimeters, multiply by 30.48; to go the other way, divide by 30.48 or multiply by 0.032808399. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST. Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Feet × 30.48
1 * 30.4830.48 cm
1 foot in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 12 in | × 12 |
| feet (as entered) | 1 ft | — |
| yards | 0.3333333333 yd | × 0.333333333333 |
| miles | 0.0001893939394 mi | × 0.000189393939394 |
| millimeters | 304.8 mm | × 304.8 |
| decimetres | 3.048 dm | × 3.048 |
| centimeters | 30.48 cm | × 30.48 |
| meters | 0.3048 m | × 0.3048 |
| kilometers | 0.0003048 km | × 0.0003048 |
| nautical miles | 0.0001645788337 nmi | × 0.000164578833693 |
| micrometers | 304,800 µm | × 304,800 |
| nanometers | 304,800,000 nm | × 304,800,000 |
| thou | 12,000 thou | × 12,000 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: feet to centimetres is the British spelling of the same units — the metre and the litre are spelled that way outside the United States and the quantity does not change.
How do you convert feet to centimeters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in feet.
- 2.Multiply by 30.48 — that is how many centimeters fit in one foot.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 30.48, or multiply by 0.032808399.
Worked example: 25 feet to centimeters
- Formula
- ft × 30.48 = cm
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 30.48 = 762 cm
- Answer
- 25 ft = 762 cm
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Feet to centimeters conversion table
| Feet | Centimeters |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 30.48 cm |
| 2 ft | 60.96 cm |
| 3 ft | 91.44 cm |
| 4 ft | 121.92 cm |
| 5 ft | 152.4 cm |
| 6 ft | 182.88 cm |
| 7 ft | 213.36 cm |
| 8 ft | 243.84 cm |
| 9 ft | 274.32 cm |
| 10 ft | 304.8 cm |
| 12 ft | 365.76 cm |
| 15 ft | 457.2 cm |
| 20 ft | 609.6 cm |
| 25 ft | 762 cm |
| 50 ft | 1,524 cm |
| 100 ft | 3,048 cm |
| 200 ft | 6,096 cm |
| 300 ft | 9,144 cm |
| 500 ft | 15,240 cm |
| 1000 ft | 30,480 cm |
| 2000 ft | 60,960 cm |
| 5000 ft | 152,400 cm |
| 10000 ft | 304,800 cm |
5.5 feet is not five feet five inches
A decimal foot splits into tenths and a real foot splits into twelve inches, so 5.5 ft is 5 ft 6 in and 5.5 ft entered as "five foot five" is out by an inch. Height is the case where it bites: 5 ft 5 in is 5.4167 ft, which converts to 165.1 cm, while 5.5 ft is 167.64. Type the feet and inches rather than the decimal and this page will read them.
NIST — Refinement of values for the yard and the pound (Federal Register notice, 1959)
What is a foot?
Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
What is a centimeter?
One hundredth of a meter, and the unit most of the world states height in.
How many centimeters are in a foot?
One foot is 30.48 centimeters, exactly. Going the other way, one centimeter is 0.032808399 feet. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every length unit here
The whole group — 13 units with their symbols and the size of each one in meters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a foot.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many centimeters are in a foot?
- 30.48. One hundredth of a meter, and the unit most of the world states height in.
- How do I convert centimeters back to feet?
- Divide by 30.48, or multiply by 0.032808399 — they are the same operation.
Other length conversions
Centimeters to feet — the same conversion the other way.