Convert Feet to Meters
1 foot is 0.3 m. One foot is exactly 0.3048 meters.
One foot is 0.3048 meters. To convert feet to meters, multiply by 0.3048; to go the other way, divide by 0.3048 or multiply by 3.2808399. 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 × 0.3048
1 * 0.30480.305 m
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 metres 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 meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in feet.
- 2.Multiply by 0.3048 — that is how many meters fit in one foot.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.3048, or multiply by 3.2808399.
Worked example: 25 feet to meters
- Formula
- ft × 0.3048 = m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.3048 = 7.62 m
- Answer
- 25 ft = 7.62 m
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Feet to meters conversion table
| Feet | Meters |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.3 m |
| 2 ft | 0.61 m |
| 3 ft | 0.91 m |
| 4 ft | 1.22 m |
| 5 ft | 1.52 m |
| 6 ft | 1.83 m |
| 7 ft | 2.13 m |
| 8 ft | 2.44 m |
| 9 ft | 2.74 m |
| 10 ft | 3.05 m |
| 12 ft | 3.66 m |
| 15 ft | 4.57 m |
| 20 ft | 6.1 m |
| 25 ft | 7.62 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 200 ft | 60.96 m |
| 300 ft | 91.44 m |
| 500 ft | 152.4 m |
| 1000 ft | 304.8 m |
| 2000 ft | 609.6 m |
| 5000 ft | 1,524 m |
| 10000 ft | 3,048 m |
Exactly 0.3048 meters, and the survey foot is gone
The international foot is exactly 0.3048 m by definition, so every factor on this page terminates rather than rounds. The US survey foot — 1200/3937 m, longer by two parts per million — was used in land surveying and state plane coordinates until it was officially retired on 31 December 2022. Old survey data still carries it.
What is a foot?
Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
What is a meter?
The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
How many meters are in a foot?
One foot is 0.3048 meters, exactly. Going the other way, one meter is 3.2808399 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 meters are in a foot?
- 0.3048. The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- How do I convert meters back to feet?
- Divide by 0.3048, or multiply by 3.2808399 — they are the same operation.
Other length conversions
Meters to feet — the same conversion the other way.