Convert Meters to Feet
1 meter is 3.28 ft. One meter is exactly 3.28083989501 feet.
One meter is 3.2808399 feet. To convert meters to feet, multiply by 3.2808399; to go the other way, divide by 3.2808399 or multiply by 0.3048. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST. The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Meters × 3.2808399
1 * 3.28083993.281 ft
1 meter in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 39.37007874 in | × 39.3700787402 |
| feet | 3.280839895 ft | × 3.28083989501 |
| yards | 1.093613298 yd | × 1.09361329834 |
| miles | 0.0006213711922 mi | × 0.000621371192237 |
| millimeters | 1,000 mm | × 1,000 |
| decimetres | 10 dm | × 10 |
| centimeters | 100 cm | × 100 |
| meters (as entered) | 1 m | — |
| kilometers | 0.001 km | × 0.001 |
| nautical miles | 0.0005399568035 nmi | × 0.000539956803456 |
| micrometers | 1,000,000 µm | × 1,000,000 |
| nanometers | 1,000,000,000 nm | × 1,000,000,000 |
| thou | 39,370.07874 thou | × 39,370.0787402 |
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: metres to feet 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 meters to feet? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in meters.
- 2.Multiply by 3.2808399 — that is how many feet fit in one meter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 3.2808399, or multiply by 0.3048.
Worked example: 25 meters to feet
- Formula
- m × 3.2808399 = ft
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 3.2808399 = 82.02 ft
- Answer
- 25 m = 82.02 ft
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Meters to feet conversion table
| Meters | Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 3.28 ft |
| 2 m | 6.56 ft |
| 3 m | 9.84 ft |
| 4 m | 13.12 ft |
| 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| 6 m | 19.69 ft |
| 7 m | 22.97 ft |
| 8 m | 26.25 ft |
| 9 m | 29.53 ft |
| 10 m | 32.81 ft |
| 12 m | 39.37 ft |
| 15 m | 49.21 ft |
| 20 m | 65.62 ft |
| 25 m | 82.02 ft |
| 50 m | 164.04 ft |
| 100 m | 328.08 ft |
| 200 m | 656.17 ft |
| 300 m | 984.25 ft |
| 500 m | 1,640.42 ft |
| 1000 m | 3,280.84 ft |
| 2000 m | 6,561.68 ft |
| 5000 m | 16,404.2 ft |
| 10000 m | 32,808.4 ft |
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 meter?
The SI base unit, defined since 1983 by the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
What is a foot?
Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
How many feet are in a meter?
One meter is 3.2808399 feet. Going the other way, one foot is 0.3048 meters. 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 meter.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many feet are in a meter?
- 3.2808399. Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
- How do I convert feet back to meters?
- Divide by 3.2808399, or multiply by 0.3048 — they are the same operation.
Other length conversions
Feet to meters — the same conversion the other way.